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noun
Booster  n.  
1.
(Elec.) An instrument for regulating the electro-motive force in an alternating-current circuit; so called because used to "boost", or raise, the pressure in the circuit.
2.
An enthusiastic supporter.
3.
The first stage of a multistage rocket, providing all or part of the driving force at lift-off and until the second stage ignites, whether or not the booster stage is detached after the fuel is spent. Also called booster rocket. In some cases, a booster has been used to assist the takeoff of airplanes.
4.
(Med.) An immunizing medication given after an initial immunizing treatment, to provide increased or extended immunity. Also called booster dose. When in the form of an injection, it may be called a booster shot.
5.
Any auxiliary device or part of a device to provide increased power, force, or effectiveness, as with a pumping device.
6.
(Mil.) An explosive charge which is more powerful than a primer, used in conjunction with a primer to assure detonation of the main charge. Integrated blasting caps containing separate compartments for primer and booster are used as detonators for certain explosives.





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"Booster" Quotes from Famous Books



... to know that I am an honest auctioneer! I never had a booster in my life, and I've sold for nigh onto fifty years. That nice-looking young man you call a 'capper' is a friend of some friends of mine from New York, out here to buy antiques. To prove it to you-all, that young lady there, next the young man, is the one who gave the 'Metropolitan' ...
— Polly's Business Venture • Lillian Elizabeth Roy
... bleeding, venesection [Med.], phlebotomy, cupping, sanguisae, leeches; operation, surgical operation; transfusion, infusion, intravenous infusion, catheter, feeding tube; prevention, preventative medicine, immunization, inoculation, vaccination, vaccine, shot, booster, gamma globulin. pharmacy, pharmacology, pharmaceutics; pharmacopoeia, formulary; acology^, Materia Medica [Lat.], therapeutics, posology^; homeopathy, allopathy^, heteropathy [Med.], osteopathy, hydropathy [Med.]; cold water cure; dietetics; surgery, chirurgery [Med.], ...
— Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases: Body • Roget


Words linked to "Booster" :   Boswell, advertiser, enthusiast, cheerleader, Francophil, advocator, endorser, takeoff booster, toaster, Graecophile, takeoff rocket, relay transmitter, Shavian, multistage rocket, rocket, booster shot, indorser, anglophile, well-wisher, stalwart, ratifier, confederate, champion, advocate, admirer, mainstay, booster dose, boost, morale booster, wassailer, proponent, anglophil, communication equipment, sympathiser, shoplifter, upholder, functionalist, voucher, adman, maintainer, free trader, Whig, lifter, stealer, roundhead, Jacobite


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