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booster
[ boo-ster ]
noun
- a person or thing that boosts, especially an energetic and enthusiastic supporter.
- Electricity. a device connected in series with a current for increasing or decreasing the nominal circuit voltage.
- Railroads. any machine, device, phenomenon, etc., that helps to move a train, as a tailwind, downgrade, roller bearings, or especially a helper locomotive.
- Military. an explosive more powerful than a primer, for ensuring the detonation of the main charge of a shell.
- Rocketry.
- a rocket engine used as the principal source of thrust in the takeoff of a rocket or missile.
- the first stage containing this engine and its fuel supply, which may or may not be detached from the rocket when the fuel has been consumed.
- Medicine/Medical. Also called booster dose,. a dose of an immunizing substance given to maintain or renew the effect of a previous one.
- Pharmacology. a chemical compound, medicinal substance, or the like, that serves as a synergist.
- a radio-frequency amplifier for connecting between a radio or television antenna and the receiving set to intensify the received signal.
- an auxiliary pump, used in a pipeline or other system, to add to or maintain a prevailing amount of pressure or vacuum.
- Slang. a shoplifter or petty thief.
booster
/ ˈbuːstə /
noun
- a person or thing that supports, assists, or increases power or effectiveness
- Also calledlaunch vehicle the first stage of a multistage rocket
- radio television
- a radio-frequency amplifier connected between an aerial and a receiver to amplify weak incoming signals
- a radio-frequency amplifier that amplifies incoming signals, retransmitting them at higher power
- See superchargeranother name for supercharger
- See booster doseshort for booster dose
- slang.a shoplifter
booster
/ bo̅o̅′stər /
- An additional dose of an immunizing agent, such as a vaccine or toxoid, given at a time period of weeks to years after the initial dose to sustain the immune response elicited by the first dose. Tetanus, diphtheria, and measles vaccines are commonly given in booster doses.
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The key family of molecules that lead many to look to fish oil as a brain booster are the omega-3 fatty acids.
The Benefits of Cheating Cheat days are often thought of as being strictly a mind-booster.
The lawyer was even a Cochran booster at one time: “I supported Thad in his first campaign in 1978, a while back.”
There is a set of booster vaccines at about kindergarten age, with a little bit of variation from practice to practice.
I saw it as an investment for myself, so it is definitely a confidence booster and something that really helps build self-esteem.
He was a booster and a joiner, but behind all of his activities was a wistful wonder as to what life holds.
Touch-the-button-Nell was talking to a tall fair-moustached man whom I recognised as a black-jack booster.
The ship's rockets thrust again—and the booster-circuit came into play.
We were sixty light-years away when that booster effect died out.
The forward-impact delivered by the Ganeth-Klae booster was terrific, and nausea and vertigo struck us all simultaneously.
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