noun : REINFORCEMENT
Source: WordNet 3.1
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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" ;
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2. (
) information that makes more forcible or convincing; "his gestures provided eloquent reinforcement for his complaints" ;
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3. (
) (psychology) a stimulus that strengthens or weakens the behavior that produced it ;
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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" ;
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5. (
) an act performed to strengthen approved behavior ;
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