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conditioning

  • noun
  • /kənˈdɪʃənɪŋ/

The process of modifying a person or animal's behaviour.

Other meanings

  1. Any preparation or training, especially athletic training of the body.

  2. The storage of a material specimen under specified temperature, humidity for a specified time prior to testing.

Related words

  • counterconditioning
  • postconditioning
  • pseudoconditioning
  • conditioning time
  • air conditioning
  • air-conditioning
  • classical conditioning
  • conditioning house
  • operant conditioning
  • Pavlovian conditioning
  • social conditioning

Example sentences

  • “Do all the rooms have air-conditioning?”

    Tatoeba · Igider · CC0
  • “The air conditioning works now.”

    Tatoeba · shekitten · CC0

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “conditioning” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.