CER (cer)

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: cer   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does CER mean? 

• CER (noun)
  The noun CER has 1 sense:

1. an emotional response that has been acquired by conditioning

  Familiarity information: CER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An emotional response that has been acquired by conditioning

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

CER; conditioned emotion; conditioned emotional response

Hypernyms ("CER" is a kind of...):

emotion (any strong feeling)

 Context examples 

Until 2015, the CERs were sold in the carbon market but were to be transferred, subsequently, to village households along with the right to sell them.

(Shift to biogas helps revive forests, SciDev.Net)

In the Chikkaballapur district of Karnataka state, local NGO Agricultural Development and Training Society (ADATS) installed 5,500 biogas units in 2006 and maintained them for the next ten years with support from the forward sale of certified emission reductions (CERs) at a price of US$1.3 million.

(Shift to biogas helps revive forests, SciDev.Net)