boost·er (bo?o?st?r)n.1. One that boosts, as:a. A device for increasing power or effectiveness.b. An enthusiastic promoter, as of a sports team or school.c. Electronics A radio-frequency amplifier.d. The primary stage of a multistage rocket that provides the main thrust for launch, liftoff, and initial flight.2. A booster shot.3. Slang One who steals goods on display in a store.American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.booster (?bu?st?) n1. a person or thing that supports, assists, or increases power or effectiveness2. (Astronautics) Also called: launch vehicle the first stage of a multistage rocket3. (Electronics) radio television a. a radio-frequency amplifier connected between an aerial and a receiver to amplify weak incoming signalsb. a radio-frequency amplifier that amplifies incoming signals, retransmitting them at higher power4. (Aeronautics) another name for supercharger5. (Mechanical Engineering) another name for supercharger6. (Medicine) short for booster dose7. slang chiefly US a shoplifterCollins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014boost?er (?bu st?r) n. 1. a person or thing that boosts, esp. an energetic and enthusiastic supporter. 2. a device connected in series with a current for increasing or decreasing the nominal circuit voltage. 3. an explosive more powerful than a primer, for ensuring the detonation of the main charge of a shell. 4. a. the first stage of a multistage rocket, used as the principal source of thrust in takeoff and early flight. b. launch vehicle. 5. Also called boost?er dose`, boost?er shot`. a dose of an immunizing substance given to maintain or renew the effect of a previous one. 6. a drug, medicine, etc., that serves as a synergist. 7. a radio-frequency amplifier for a radio or television antenna and the receiving set. [1885?90, Amer.] Random House Kernerman Webster’s College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.booster1. A high-explosive element sufficiently sensitive so as to be actuated by small explosive elements in a fuze or primer and powerful enough to cause detonation of the main explosive filling.2. An auxiliary or initial propulsion system which travels with a missile or aircraft and which may or may not separate from the parent craft when its impulse has been delivered. A booster system may contain, or consist of, one or more units.Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms. US Department of Defense 2005.
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boost·er (bo?o?st?r)n.1. One that boosts, as:a. A device for increasing power or effectiveness.b. An enthusiastic promoter, as of a sports team or school.c. Electronics A radio-frequency amplifier.d. The primary stage of a multistage rocket that provides the main thrust for launch, liftoff, and initial flight.2. A booster shot.3. Slang One who steals goods on display in a store.American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.booster (?bu?st?) n1. a person or thing that supports, assists, or increases power or effectiveness2. (Astronautics) Also called: launch vehicle the first stage of a multistage rocket3. (Electronics) radio television a. a radio-frequency amplifier connected between an aerial and a receiver to amplify weak incoming signalsb. a radio-frequency amplifier that amplifies incoming signals, retransmitting them at higher power4. (Aeronautics) another name for supercharger5. (Mechanical Engineering) another name for supercharger6. (Medicine) short for booster dose7. slang chiefly US a shoplifterCollins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014boost?er (?bu st?r) n. 1. a person or thing that boosts, esp. an energetic and enthusiastic supporter. 2. a device connected in series with a current for increasing or decreasing the nominal circuit voltage. 3. an explosive more powerful than a primer, for ensuring the detonation of the main charge of a shell. 4. a. the first stage of a multistage rocket, used as the principal source of thrust in takeoff and early flight. b. launch vehicle. 5. Also called boost?er dose`, boost?er shot`. a dose of an immunizing substance given to maintain or renew the effect of a previous one. 6. a drug, medicine, etc., that serves as a synergist. 7. a radio-frequency amplifier for a radio or television antenna and the receiving set. [1885?90, Amer.] Random House Kernerman Webster’s College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.booster1. A high-explosive element sufficiently sensitive so as to be actuated by small explosive elements in a fuze or primer and powerful enough to cause detonation of the main explosive filling.2. An auxiliary or initial propulsion system which travels with a missile or aircraft and which may or may not separate from the parent craft when its impulse has been delivered. A booster system may contain, or consist of, one or more units.Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms. US Department of Defense 2005.