reinforcement : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: reinforcement	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for reinforcement
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
reinforcement n 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" Synonym(s): support, reinforcement, reenforcement information that makes more forcible or convincing; "his gestures provided eloquent reinforcement for his complaints" Synonym(s): reinforcement, reenforcement (psychology) a stimulus that strengthens or weakens the behavior that produced it Synonym(s): reinforcing stimulus, reinforcer, reinforcement 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" Synonym(s): strengthener, reinforcement an act performed to strengthen approved behavior Synonym(s): reward, reinforcement
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Reinforcement \Re`in*force"ment\ (-ment), n. See {Re[89]nforcement}.