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Dictionary Results For "reinforcement" [?]/[OPML]
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English

Noun

  1. The act or state of reinforce|reinforcing or being reinforced
  2. A thing that reinforces.
  3. additional|Additional troops or materiel sent to support a military action.
  4. {{context|behavioral|_|psychology}} The process whereby a behavior with desirable consequences comes to be repeated.


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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Reinforcement \Re`in*force"ment\ (-ment), n.
See Reenforcement.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet 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]
Moby Dictionary
Pavlovian conditioning
, accelerando , acceleration , accession ,
accessory
, accompaniment , accouterment , addenda , addendum ,
additament
, addition , additive , additory , additum , adjunct ,
adjunction
, adjuvant , advocate , affirmation , affixation ,
agglutination
, aggravation , alpenstock , amplitude , annex ,
annexation
, antinode , appanage , appendage , appendant , appurtenance ,
appurtenant
, arm , armament , athletic supporter , attachment ,
attestation
, augment , augmentation , authentication , auxiliaries ,
back
, backbone , backing , backing up , bandeau , bearer , bearing out ,
beefing-up
, behavior , blowing up , blowup , bolster , bolstering , bra ,
brace
, bracer , bracing , bracket , brassiere , buttress , buttressing ,
cane
, carrier , case hardening , catering , certification , cervix ,
chandlery
, circumstantiation , coda , complement , concentration ,
concomitant
, condensation , conditioned response , conditioning ,
confirmation
, consolidation , continuation , corollary ,
corroboration
, corroboratory evidence , corset , crest , crook ,
crutch
, de Broglie wave , deepening , diffraction , documentation ,
electromagnetic radiation
, electromagnetic wave , endowment ,
enhancement
, equipment , exacerbation , exaggeration , explosion ,
extension
, extrapolation , finding , fitting out , fixture , forces ,
fortification
, foundation garment , frequency , frequency band ,
frequency spectrum
, fulcrum , furnishing , furnishment , girdle ,
guided wave
, guy , guywire , hardening , heating-up , heightening ,
in phase
, increase , increment , information explosion ,
instrumental conditioning
, intensification , interference ,
investment
, invigoration , jock , jockstrap , joining , junction ,
juxtaposition
, light , logistics , longitudinal wave , magnification ,
mainstay
, maintainer , mast , mechanical wave , men , neck ,
negative reinforcement
, node , offshoot , operant conditioning ,
out of phase
, outfitting , pendant , period , periodic wave ,
personnel
, pickup , population explosion , positive reinforcement ,
prefixation
, preparation , procurement , proof , prop , providing ,
proving
, proving out , provision , provisioning , psychagogy ,
purveyance
, radio wave , ratification , ray , redoubling , reeducation ,
reflex
, refreshment , reinforce , reinforcements , reinforcer ,
reinvigoration
, relief , reorientation , replenishment ,
reserve forces
, reserves , resonance , resonance frequency , rest ,
resting place
, restrengthening , resupply , retailing ,
revivification
, rigging , seismic wave , selling , shock wave ,
shoulder
, shroud , side effect , side issue , soldiers , sound wave ,
speedup
, spine , sprit , staff , standing rigging , stave , stay ,
step-up
, stick , stiffener , strengthener , strengthening ,
subsidization
, subsidy , substantiation , subvention , suffixation ,
superaddition
, superfetation , superjunction , superposition ,
supplement
, supplementation , supply , supplying , support , supporter ,
supporting evidence
, surface wave , sustainer , tailpiece , tempering ,
tidal wave
, tightening , transverse wave , trough ,
unconditioned reflex
, undergirding , uniting , upholder , validation ,
verification
, victualing , walking stick , wave , wave equation ,
wave motion
, wave number , wavelength


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