English Explanatory Dictionary

shaping

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The action of the verb to shape.
  2. A method of positive reinforcement of behaviour patterns in a series of steps in operant conditioning.
  3. The action of the metal-cutting machine called a shaper, which uses linear single-point cutting. It is largely but not entirely obsolete.
verb
  1. present participle and gerund of shape

Word forms

shaping shapings

Etymology

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

Derived words

autoshaping headshaping traffic shaping waveshaping wordshaping shapingly

Translations

Bulgarian: оформяне Czech: tvarování Czech: formování German: Formung Latin: formātūra
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