Priming may refer to: * Priming (agriculture), a form of seed planting preparation, in which seeds are soaked before planting *

Priming (immunology) Priming is the first contact that antigen-specific T helper cell precursors have with an antigen. It is essential to the T helper cells' subsequent interaction with B cells to produce antibodies. Priming of antigen-specific naive lymphocytes occ ...

, 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 *

Priming (media) The priming theory states that Multimedia, media images association (psychology), stimulate related thoughts in the minds of audience members.Straubhaar, LaRose, Davenport. Grounded in cognitive psychology, the theory of media priming is derived fr ...

, a cognitive process in which media information increases temporarily the accessibility of knowledge units in the memory of an individual * Priming (microbiology), the effect that nutrients have on the rate of organic matter decomposition. * Priming (psychology), a process in which the processing of a target stimulus is aided or altered by the presentation of a previously presented stimulus *

Priming (steam locomotive) Priming (foaming in North America) is a condition in the boiler of a steam locomotive in which water is carried over into the steam delivery. It may be caused by impurities in the water, which foams up as it boils, or simply too high a water leve ...

, a harmful condition in which water is carried over from the boiler of a steam locomotive * Priming (structural) in psycholinguistics, a form of positive priming that induces a tendency to repeat or more easily process a sentence that is similar in structure to one previously presented *

Priming beta-ketosynthase Ketoacyl synthases (KSs) catalyze the condensation reaction of acyl-CoA or acyl-acyl ACP with malonyl-CoA to form 3-ketoacyl-CoA or with malonyl-ACP to form 3-ketoacyl-ACP. This reaction is a key step in the fatty acid synthesis cycle, as the result ...

in chemistry, a domain of polyketide synthases with a thiol group on a cysteine side-chain * The process by which a

pump A pump is a device that moves fluids (liquids or gases), or sometimes slurries, by mechanical action, typically converted from electrical energy into hydraulic energy. Pumps can be classified into three major groups according to the method they u ...

is filled with fluid and made able to operate * Priming the pump or economic stimulus, attempts to use monetary or fiscal policy to stimulate the economy *

Priming sugar Homebrewing is the brewing of beer or other alcoholic beverages on a small scale for personal, non-commercial purposes. Supplies, such as kits and fermentation tanks, can be purchased locally at specialty stores or online. Beer was brewed do ...

or glucose, a simple monosaccharide found in plants

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