autoshaping

noun

Etymology

From auto- + shaping.

  1. derived from *skapjaną✻ — “to form, shape, create”
  2. inherited from *skapjandz✻
  3. inherited from *skappjandī✻
  4. inherited from sċyppende
  5. inherited from shapinge
  6. prefixed as autoshaping — “auto + shaping”

Definitions

  1. An experimental procedure used to study classical conditioning by teaching a creature to…

    An experimental procedure used to study classical conditioning by teaching a creature to respond to a stimulus.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for autoshaping. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA