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.

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