What is the meaning of Shaping?

The action of the verb to shape.

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

    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.

    present participle and gerund of shape

    Source: wiktionary.org