1. priming - Noun
2. priming - Verb
of Prime
The powder or other combustible used to communicate fire to a charge of gunpowder, as in a firearm.
The first coating of color, size, or the like, laid on canvas, or on a building, or other surface.
The carrying over of water, with the steam, from the boiler, as into the cylinder.
Source: Webster's dictionaryWhen you revolutionize education, you're taking the very mechanism of how people be smarter and do new things, and you're priming the pump for so many incredible things. Bill Gates
Aside from pump priming our economy, we would be bringing down the cost of transportation and opening up those areas of our country which have not been developed. Francis Escudero
A comparison of the effects of micronutrient seed priming and soil fertilization on the mineral nutrition of chickpea (Cicer arietinum), lentil (Lens culinaris), rice (Oryza sativa) and wheat (Triticum acstiyum) in Nepal. Source: Internet
A piece of flint held in the jaws of a spring-loaded hammer, when released by a trigger, strikes a hinged piece of steel (" frizzen ") at an angle, creating a shower of sparks and exposing a charge of priming powder. Source: Internet
Copious research has shown that subconscious priming of certain ideas can covertly influence thoughts and behavior. Source: Internet
A plug-shaped breechblock was screw-threaded so that rotating the handle underneath would lower and raise it for loading with ball and loose powder; the flintlock action still required conventional priming. Source: Internet