reinforcement
rein
ˌriÉĒn
riin
for
ˈfɔr
fawr
cement
smənt
smēnt
/ɹˌiːÉĒnfˈɔːsmənt/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "reinforcement"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

01

āĻļāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋāĻŦ⧃āĻĻā§āϧāĻŋ

the additional troops or supplies sent to support an army
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Without timely reinforcements, the besieged troops would have surrendered.
āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧāĻŽāϤ⧋ āϏāĻšāĻžāϝāĻŧāϤāĻž āĻ›āĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻž, āĻ…āĻŦāϰ⧁āĻĻā§āϧ āϏ⧈āĻ¨ā§āϝāϰāĻž āφāĻ¤ā§āĻŽāϏāĻŽāĻ°ā§āĻĒāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāϤāĨ¤
02

āĻļāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋāĻŦ⧃āĻĻā§āϧāĻŋ, āĻ•āĻžāĻ āĻžāĻŽā§‹āĻ—āϤ āĻļāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ

a material, structure, or device added to something to make it stronger or more durable
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The engineer added carbon fiber reinforcement to the airplane's wings.
āχāĻžā§āϜāĻŋāύāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āĻŦāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāύ⧇āϰ āĻĄāĻžāύāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻ•āĻžāĻ°ā§āĻŦāύ āĻĢāĻžāχāĻŦāĻžāϰ āĻļāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋāĻŦ⧃āĻĻā§āϧāĻŋ āϝ⧋āĻ— āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻļāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋāĻŦ⧃āĻĻā§āϧāĻŋ, āχāϤāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāϚāĻ•/āύ⧇āϤāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāϚāĻ• āĻļāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋāĻŦ⧃āĻĻā§āϧāĻŋ

(psychology) reward or punishment that makes a behavior more or less likely to happen again
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Removing chores acted as negative reinforcement, increasing his homework completion.
āĻ—ā§ƒāĻšāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāϞāĻŋāϰ āĻ•āĻžāϜāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āϏāϰāĻžāύ⧋ āύ⧇āϤāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāϚāĻ• āĻļāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋāĻŦ⧃āĻĻā§āϧāĻŋ āĻšāĻŋāϏāĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻ•āĻžāϜ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ, āϤāĻžāϰ āĻšā§‹āĻŽāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ• āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖāϤāĻž āĻŦ⧃āĻĻā§āϧāĻŋ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻļāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋāĻļāĻžāϞ⧀āĻ•āϰāĻŖ, āϏāĻ‚āĻšāϤāĻ•āϰāĻŖ

information that makes more forcible or convincing
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āĻļāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋāĻŦ⧃āĻĻā§āϧāĻŋ, āϏ⧁āĻĻ⧃āĻĸāĻŧāĻ•āϰāĻŖ

an act performed to strengthen approved behavior

āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ• āĻ—āĻžāĻ›

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