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reinforcement reinforcement definition

reinforcement


 
  Grep  of  noun  reinforcement 
  reinforcement 
 
  Overview  of  noun  reinforcement 
 
  The  noun  reinforcement  has  5  senses  (first  1  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (4)  support,  reinforcement,  reenforcement  --  (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") 
  2.  reinforcement,  reenforcement  --  (information  that  makes  more  forcible  or  convincing;  "his  gestures  provided  eloquent  reinforcement  for  his  complaints") 
  3.  reinforcing  stimulus,  reinforcer,  reinforcement  --  ((psychology)  a  stimulus  that  strengthens  or  weakens  the  behavior  that  produced  it) 
  4.  strengthener,  reinforcement  --  (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") 
  5.  reward,  reinforcement  --  (an  act  performed  to  strengthen  approved  behavior) 
 
  Overview  of  noun  reinforcement 
 
  The  noun  reinforcement  has  5  senses  (first  1  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (4)  support,  reinforcement,  reenforcement  --  (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") 
  2.  reinforcement,  reenforcement  --  (information  that  makes  more  forcible  or  convincing;  "his  gestures  provided  eloquent  reinforcement  for  his  complaints") 
  3.  reinforcing  stimulus,  reinforcer,  reinforcement  --  ((psychology)  a  stimulus  that  strengthens  or  weakens  the  behavior  that  produced  it) 
  4.  strengthener,  reinforcement  --  (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") 
  5.  reward,  reinforcement  --  (an  act  performed  to  strengthen  approved  behavior) 



reinforcement definition