Hypertext Webster Gateway: "reinforcement"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Reinforcement \Re`in*force"ment\ (-ment), n.
See {Re["e]nforcement}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
reinforcement
n 1: a military operation (often involving new supplies of men
and materiel) to strengthen a military force or aid in
the performance of its mission; "they called for
artillery support" [syn: {support}, {reenforcement}]
2: information that makes more forcible or convincing; "his
gestures provided eloquent reinforcement for his
complaints" [syn: {reenforcement}]
3: (psychology) a stimulus that strengthens or weakens the
behavior that produced it [syn: {reinforcing stimulus}, {reinforcer}]
4: a device designed to provide additional strength; "the
cardboard backing was just a strengthener,"; "he used
gummed reinforcements to hold the page in his notebook"
[syn: {strengthener}]
5: an act performed to strengthen approved behavior [syn: {reward}]
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