Conditioning Definition

kən-dĭshə-nĭng
noun
A process of behavior modification by which a subject comes to associate a desired behavior with a previously unrelated stimulus.
American Heritage
The act or an instance of bringing into a desired condition, often, specif., of athletic fitness.
Webster's New World
An application of conditioner to the hair, etc.
Webster's New World
The process of training that results in physical fitness.
American Heritage Medicine
The state of physical fitness that results from such training.
American Heritage Medicine
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verb

Present participle of condition.

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Other Word Forms of Conditioning

Noun

Singular:
conditioning
Plural:
conditionings

Conditioning Sentence Examples

  • Otherwise, it looked the way she left it, except that the air conditioning was off.

  • The changes conditioning rancidity, although not yet fully understood in all details, must be ascribed in the first instance to slow hydrolysis ("saponification") of the oils and fats by the moisture of the air, especially if favoured by insolation, when water is taken up by the oils and fats, and free fatty acids are formed.

  • In spite of our air conditioning, I was perspiring freely when I hung up.

  • A window air conditioning unit hummed, and when he opened the door to the apartment, a surge of cool air invited them in.

  • Could you have foreseen that the advent of a technology called "air conditioning" in homes would alter the social fabric of the nation?

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Words Starting With

CCOCON

Words Ending With

GNGING

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Words Starting With C and Ending With G

Starts With C & Ends With GStarts With CO & Ends With GStarts With C & Ends With NG

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12 Letter Words12 Letter Words Starting With C12 Letter Words Ending With G