'Reinforcement' definitions:
Definition of 'reinforcement'
(from WordNet)
noun
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, reinforcement, reenforcement]
noun
Information that makes more forcible or convincing; "his gestures provided eloquent reinforcement for his complaints" [syn: reinforcement, reenforcement]
noun
(psychology) a stimulus that strengthens or weakens the behavior that produced it [syn: reinforcing stimulus, reinforcer, reinforcement]
noun
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, reinforcement]
noun
An act performed to strengthen approved behavior [syn: reward, reinforcement]
Definition of 'Reinforcement'
From: GCIDE
- Reinforcement \Re`in*force"ment\ (-ment), n. See Reenforcement. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'reinforcement'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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,
- Pavlovian conditioning,
- 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