shaping

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Synonyms: shaking, sharing, shaving, shaming, soaping, sharping, shading, scaping, shuping, shapin

Antonyms: shaking, sharing, shaving, shaming, soaping, sharping, shading, scaping, shuping, shapin

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Noun

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

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