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re⋅in⋅force⋅ment

  [ree-in-fawrs-muhnt, -fohrs-]
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–noun
1. the act of reinforcing.
2. the state of being reinforced.
3. something that reinforces or strengthens.
4. Often, reinforcements. an additional supply of personnel, ships, aircraft, etc., for a military force.
5. a system of steel bars, strands, wires, or mesh for absorbing the tensile and shearing stresses in concrete work.
6. Psychology.
a. a procedure, as a reward or punishment, that alters a response to a stimulus.
b. the act of reinforcing a response.
Origin:
1600–10; reinforce + -ment
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re·in·force·ment   (rē'ĭn-fôrs'mənt, -fōrs'-)   
n.  
  1. The act or process of reinforcing or the state of being reinforced.
  2. Something that reinforces.
  3. Additional personnel or equipment sent to support a military action. Often used in the plural.
  4. Psychology
    1. The occurrence or experimental introduction of an unconditioned stimulus along with a conditioned stimulus.
    2. The strengthening of a conditioned response by such means.
    3. An event, a circumstance, or a condition that increases the likelihood that a given response will recur in a situation like that in which the reinforcing condition originally occurred.
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Reinforcement

Re`in*force"ment\ (-ment), n. See Re["e]nforcement.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : reinforcement
Spanish: refuerzo,
German: die Verstärkung,
Japanese: 強化
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Main Entry: re·in·force·ment
Pronunciation: "rE-&n-'fOr-sm&nt, -'for-
Function: noun
: the action of causing a subject (as astudent or an experimental animal) to learn to give or to increase the frequency of a desired response that in classical conditioning involves the repeated presentation of an unconditioned stimulus (asthe sight of food) paired with a conditioned stimulus (as the sound of a bell) and that in operant conditioning involves the use of a reward following a correct response or a punishment following anincorrect response; also : the reward, punishment, or unconditioned stimulus used in reinforcement —compare RECRUITMENT 1
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reinforcement re·in·force·ment (rē'ĭn-fôrs'mənt)
n.

  1. The act or process of reinforcing.
  2. Something that reinforces.
  3. The occurrence or experimental introduction of an unconditioned stimulus along with a conditioned stimulus.
  4. The strengthening of a conditioned response by such means.
  5. An event, a circumstance, or a condition that increases the likelihood that a given response will recur in a situation like that in which the reinforcing condition originally occurred.

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