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shaping en · NOUN · etymology 1

Etymology

From Middle English schapynge, equivalent to shape + -ing.

Meanings

  1. The action of the verb to shape.
    • In contrast to the (to be sure, productive) shapings and constrainings of human identities in the sociotechnical network, here we have an expansion of identity. 1996, Mike Michael, Constructing Identities: The Social, the Nonhuman and Change:
  2. The action of the verb to shape. ▸ A method of positive reinforcement of behaviour patterns in a series of steps in operant conditioning.
    • In general, it's a good idea to know ahead of time what your shaping steps will be and try to get 80% to 100% correct trials during the shaping steps and repeat each step for only 5 to 10 trials in a row. 2015, Ilona Rodan, Sarah Heath, editors, Feline Behavioral Health and Welfare, Elsevier Health Sciences, →ISBN, page 51:
  3. The action of the verb to shape. ▸ The action of the metal-cutting machine called a shaper, which uses linear single-point cutting. It is largely but not entirely obsolete.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
shapings Number=Plur lexicographic

Coordinates

boring · milling · broaching · planing · drilling · grinding · turning · slotting

Deriveds

traffic shaping · wordshaping · waveshaping · autoshaping · headshaping

Hypernyms

machining

Translations (8)

tr şekillendirme (the action of the verb to shape) · cs tvarování (the action of the verb to shape) · cs formování (the action of the verb to shape) · tr ifrağ (the action of the verb to shape) · bg оформяне (the action of the verb to shape) · la formātūra (the action of the verb to shape) · de Formung (the action of the verb to shape) · es moldeamiento (method of positive reinforcement)

shaping en · VERB · etymology 2

Etymology

From Middle English shapinge, shapende, schapende, schappande, from Old English sċyppende, sċeppende, from Proto-West Germanic *skappjandī, from Proto-Germanic *skapjandz, present participle of Proto-Germanic *skapjaną (“to form, shape, create”), equivalent to shape + -ing.

Meanings

  1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of shape
    form of shape

Deriveds

shapingly