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";
an act performed to strengthen approved behavior;
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";
(psychology) a stimulus that strengthens or weakens the behavior that produced it;
information that makes more forcible or convincing; "his gestures provided eloquent reinforcement for his complaints";
