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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Reinforcement  \Re`in*force"ment\  (-ment),  n. 
  See  {Re["e]nforcement}. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [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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