reinforcement: Meaning and Definition of

re•in•force•ment

1. the act of reinforcing.
2. the state of being reinforced.
3. something that reinforces or strengthens.
4. Often,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.
1. a procedure, as a reward or punishment, that alters a response to a stimulus.
2. the act of reinforcing a response.