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reinforcement |
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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