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reinˈforcing, vbl. n.
[f. as prec. + -ing1.]
1. The action of strengthening in some way.
1611Cotgr., Roboration, a..reinforcing. 1632J. Hayward tr. Biondi's Eromena 26 In reinforcing of the fleete with more men and munition. 1641Smectymnuus Vind. Answ. xiv. 176 Your confident re-inforcing of your comparison. 1868Rep. to Govt. U.S. Munitions War 131 The strongest argument which the advocates of re-inforcing use in their favour is, ‘that they prevent the gun from bursting explosively’. 1869Boutell Arms & Armour x. 204 The system of adding secondary defences, or reinforcing, appears in active operation.
2. concr. = reinforcement 5.
1966McGraw–Hill Encycl. Sci. & Technol. XI. 426/1 As reinforcing for concrete, steel in several of the following forms may be used.
So reinˈforcing ppl. a.
1848Buckley Iliad 288 Having a reinforcing army. 1869Boutell Arms & Armour x. 197 A strong secondary reinforcing plate..was firmly fixed to one side of it. 1906C. S. Sherrington Integrative Action of Nervous Syst. v. 175 Gentle stimuli to the skin of a limb exerted a reinforcing influence on closely following stimuli applied to the limb region of the cortex of the brain. 1938B. F. Skinner Behav. of Organisms vi. 244 It is possible to show that an emotional or reinforcing stimulus..is effective without regard to various minor properties. 1948E. R. Hilgard Theories of Learning iv. 108 Any stimulus which has been associated with need-reduction may itself serve as a reinforcing agent. 1949Postman & Egan Experim. Psychol. xiv. 298 The instrumental response and the classical response have both been established through the same reinforcing stimulus—food. 1970[see homopolymer s.v. homo-]. 1973N.Y. Law Jrnl. 31 Aug. 1/5 Three major steel companies..were indicted yesterday..on charges of violating anti-trust law in the sale of reinforcing steel bars in Texas. 1973P. Dickinson Gift v. 75 The men and machines had dug a vast, rectangular wound in the clay;..half was still hummocked mud,..littered with grids of reinforcing rods. |