Reinforcement vs. Rebar — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Reinforcement and Rebar
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Definitions
Reinforcement➦
In behavioral psychology, reinforcement is a consequence applied that will strengthen an organism's future behavior whenever that behavior is preceded by a specific antecedent stimulus. This strengthening effect may be measured as a higher frequency of behavior (e.g., pulling a lever more frequently), longer duration (e.g., pulling a lever for longer periods of time), greater magnitude (e.g., pulling a lever with greater force), or shorter latency (e.g., pulling a lever more quickly following the antecedent stimulus).
Rebar➦
Rebar (short for reinforcing bar), known when massed as reinforcing steel or reinforcement steel, is a steel bar or mesh of steel wires used as a tension device in reinforced concrete and reinforced masonry structures to strengthen and aid the concrete under tension. Concrete is strong under compression, but has weak tensile strength.
Reinforcement➦
The act or process of reinforcing or the state of being reinforced.
Rebar➦
A rod or bar used for reinforcement in concrete or asphalt pourings.
Reinforcement➦
Something that reinforces.
Rebar➦
A group of such rods forming a grid.
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Reinforcement➦
Often reinforcements Additional personnel or equipment sent to support a military action.
Rebar➦
(countable) A steel reinforcing bar in a reinforced concrete structure.
Reinforcement➦
The occurrence or experimental introduction of an unconditioned stimulus along with a conditioned stimulus.
Rebar➦
(uncountable) A grid-shaped system of such bars.
Reinforcement➦
The strengthening of a conditioned response by such means.
Rebar➦
(transitive) To reinforce with bars of this kind.
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Reinforcement➦
An event, circumstance, or condition that increases the likelihood that a given response will recur in a situation like that in which the reinforcing condition originally occurred.
Rebar➦
(transitive) To bar again.
After allowing the stranger to enter, she rebarred the door.
Reinforcement➦
(uncountable) The act, process, or state of reinforcing or being reinforced.
Rebar➦
To redistribute the notes of a musical score across the bars, e.g. when changing time signature.
Reinforcement➦
(countable) A thing that reinforces.
There's a website that can be a good learning reinforcement.
Reinforcement➦
(in the plural) Additional troops or materiel sent to support a military action.
Send in the reinforcements!
Reinforcement➦
The process whereby a behavior with desirable consequences comes to be repeated.
Reinforcement➦
See Reënforcement.
Reinforcement➦
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
Reinforcement➦
Information that makes more forcible or convincing;
His gestures provided eloquent reinforcement for his complaints
Reinforcement➦
(psychology) a stimulus that strengthens or weakens the behavior that produced it
Reinforcement➦
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
Reinforcement➦
An act performed to strengthen approved behavior
