reinforcement
Nouns
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(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
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(n) information that makes more forcible or convincing
- his gestures provided eloquent reinforcement for his complaints
- (n) (psychology) a stimulus that strengthens or weakens the behavior that produced it reinforcer, reinforcing stimulus,
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(n) 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
- (n) an act performed to strengthen approved behavior reward,