Priming
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Priming may refer to:
- Priming (psychology), a manifestation of implicit memory
- "Priming", also known as Agenda-setting theory, the process of bringing certain content to the foreground in the media
- Priming (agriculture), a form of seed planting preparation, in which seeds are soaked before planting
- Priming (science), a process of cleaning and preparing equipment before experimentation
- Priming (steam engine), a condition caused by the build-up of water in the cylinders of a steam engine which is carried over from the boiler due to impurities in the water, which foams up as it boils.
- Priming (immunology), a process occurring when a specific antigen is presented to naive lymphocytes causing them to differentiate either into armed effector cells or into memory cells.