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Definition of Shaping

1. Noun. Any process serving to define the shape of something.

2. Adjective. Forming or capable of forming or molding or fashioning. "A formative experience"

3. Noun. The act of fabricating something in a particular shape.

Definition of Shaping

1. shape [v] - See also: shape

Medical Definition of Shaping

1. In operant conditioning, when the operant response is not in the organism's repertoire, a procedure in which the experimenter breaks down the response into those parts which appear most frequently, begins reinforcing them, and then slowly and successively withholds the reinforcer until more and more of the operant is emitted. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Shaping

shapeliest shapeliness shapelinesses shapely shapen shaper shaper shapers shapes shapeup

shapeups shapewear shape constancy shape up shaping (current term) shaping (current term) shapings shaping machine shaping tool Shapley

shapoo shaps sharable shard shard sharded sharded shards share share

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