Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A process of behavior modification by which a subject comes to associate a desired behavior with a previously unrelated stimulus.
- noun The process of training that results in physical fitness.
- noun The state of physical fitness that results from such training.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun a learning process in which an organism's behavior becomes dependent on the occurrence of a stimulus in its environment. See
conditioned response .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The process of
modifying a person'sbehaviour . - noun Any
preparation ortraining , especiallyathletic training of the body. - noun The
storage of a materialspecimen under specified temperature, humidity for a specified time prior to testing. - verb Present participle of
condition .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a learning process in which an organism's behavior becomes dependent on the occurrence of a stimulus in its environment
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Examples
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"This unusually long-lasting plasticity may be related to the fact that the conditioning is associated with normal behavior," Fetz said.
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That kind of conditioning is difficult to reverse and it is often painful, but my concern today is not with the individual Canadians who were led down this garden path of more, more, more by a government cynical enough to believe that loyalty can be bought.
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And yes, air conditioning is necessary for us effete Americans.
Monterrey 2009
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Fear not, precious readers, soil treatment and conditioning is underway.
Two Things Candid Engineer 2009
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And yes, air conditioning is necessary for us effete Americans.
Monterrey 2009
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And yes, air conditioning is necessary for us effete Americans.
Monterrey 2009
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One aspect of that conditioning is that I am absolutely, adamantly against incest and am disgusted by the thought of it.
Incest, Betrayal and Genetic Sexual Attraction « Colleen Anderson 2009
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And yes, social conditioning is also at play here.
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And yes, air conditioning is necessary for us effete Americans.
Monterrey 2009
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And yes, air conditioning is necessary for us effete Americans.
Monterrey 2009
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