reinforcements


re·in·force·ment

R0132400 (rē′ĭn-fôrs′mənt)n.1. The act or process of reinforcing or the state of being reinforced.2. Something that reinforces.3. often reinforcements Additional personnel or equipment sent to support a military action.4. Psychology a. The occurrence or experimental introduction of an unconditioned stimulus along with a conditioned stimulus.b. The strengthening of a conditioned response by such means.c. An event, circumstance, or condition that increases the likelihood that a given response will recur in a situation like that in which the reinforcing condition originally occurred.

reinforcements

(ˌriːɪnˈfɔːsmənts) pl nextra people, esp in the military, police, etc, sent to help
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