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Reinforcer

Definition: Reinforcer

Reinforcer

Noun

1. (psychology) a stimulus that strengthens or weakens the behavior that produced it.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

"Reinforcer" is a common misspelling or typo for: reinforce, reinforced.

 

Specialty Definitions: Reinforcer

DomainDefinitions

Medicine

Terme de psychologie du behaviorisme. Ce qui effectue un renforcement, comme la nourriture, la joie etc. . . also written reinforcer CASPS 73. . /. . reinforcement. . . quote generally any condition strengthening l earning. . . EPSYC 68. Source: European Union. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Synonyms: Reinforcer

Synonyms: reinforcement (n), reinforcing stimulus (n). (additional references)
Synonym by domain: gummed (public administration).

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Crosswords: Reinforcer

English words defined with "reinforcer": experimental extinction, extinctionnegative reinforcerpositive reinforcer. (references)
Specialty definitions using "reinforcer": INSOLE REINFORCERreenforcertrimmer and reinforcer. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Reinforcer

DomainTitle

Books

  • Learning and Memory Drugs As Reinforcer (reference)

  • Why People Drink: Parameters of Alcohol As a Reinforcer (reference)

    (more book examples)

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Usage Frequency: Reinforcer

"Reinforcer" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Reinforcer" is used about 37 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (singular)100%3756,631

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expression: Reinforcer

Expressions using "reinforcer": negative reinforcer positive reinforcer. Additional references.

Hypenated Usage

Ending with "reinforcer": stimulus-reinforcer.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Reinforcer

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

door reinforcer

4

reinforcer

3

reinforcer sampling

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Reinforcer

Language Translations for "reinforcer"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

kufferthjoerne (corner reinforcer for trunks). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

voor koffers (corner reinforcer for trunks), versterkingshoek (corner reinforcer for trunks). (various references)

   

Farsi 

  

تقویت کننده (Amplifier, Booster). (various references)

   

French

  

renfort (gummed reinforcemenm, reinforcement, reinforcing), agent renforçant (reenforcer). (various references)

   

German

  

Verstaerkungsecke fuer Koffer (corner reinforcer for trunks). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

ενισχυτήσ (amplifier, strengthener). (various references)

   

Italian

  

proteggi-angola per bauli (corner reinforcer for trunks). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

einforcerray

   

Portuguese

  

canto para mala (corner reinforcer for trunks). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

refuerzo para ángulo de baúl (corner reinforcer for trunks). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations: Reinforcer

Derivations

Words beginning with "reinforcer": reinforcers. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: Reinforcer

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "c-e-e-f-i-n-o-r-r-r"

-1 letter: conferrer, reinforce.

-2 letters: confrere, enforcer, inferrer, ornerier.

-3 letters: coinfer, conifer, cornier, enforce, fernier, fiercer, onerier, refiner.

-4 letters: coiner, confer, corner, corrie, encore, fencer, ferine, ferric, fierce, forcer, ironer, orcein, orrice, recoin, refine, refire.

-5 letters: corer, crier, crone, crore, error, fence, finer, firer, force, freer, frere, frier, frore, infer, irone, nicer, niece, orcin, recon, refer, ricer.

 Words containing the letters "c-e-e-f-i-n-o-r-r-r"
 

+1 letter: reinforcers.

 

+4 letters: refractoriness.

 

+5 letters: interferometric, retroreflection.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Reinforcer


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

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Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

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Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

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HTML Code (1990) (references)

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ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0052 0065 0069 006E 0066 006F 0072 0063 0065 0072

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Usage Frequency
6. Expressions
7. Expressions: Internet
8. Translations: Modern
9. Derivations
10. Anagrams
11. Orthography
12. Bibliography


  

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