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English

Noun

Something that boosts.
The first stage of a multistage rocket that provides the thrust for liftoff and the initial flight
Someone who is a fan or supporter of something.
A member of a booster club.
A booster dose.
:When did you get your last tetanus booster?

Translations

Finnish: kasvattaja, kohottaja

Finnish: kantoraketti

Finnish: kannattaja

Finnish: tehosterokotus

ar:booster et:booster fr:booster io:booster ru:booster ta:booster vi:booster zh:booster

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Booster \Boost"er\ (b[=oo]st"[~e]r), 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.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]

2. an enthusiastic supporter.
[PJC]

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.
[PJC]

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.
[PJC]

5. any auxiliary device or part of a device to provide
increased power, force, or effectiveness, as with a
pumping device.
[PJC]

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.
[PJC]

WordNet booster
n 1: a person who backs a politician or a team etc.; "all their
supporters came out for the game"; "they are friends of
the library" [syn: supporter, protagonist, champion,
admirer, friend]
2: someone who is an active supporter and advocate [syn: promoter,
plugger]
3: a thief who steals goods that are in a store [syn: shoplifter,
lifter]
4: the first stage of a multistage rocket [syn: booster rocket,
booster unit, multistage rocket, takeoff booster, {takeoff
rocket}]
5: an additional dose that makes sure the first dose was
effective [syn: booster dose, booster shot, {recall
dose}]

Moby Dictionary
Comsat , Intelsat , Syncom , Telstar , adherent , admirer , amateur ,
antitoxin , applauder , appreciator , bag , bang , blind , body snatcher ,
bonnet , booster amplifiers , booster dose , booster rocket ,
booster shot , boosters , buff , capper , chicken thief , claqueur ,
collector , commender , communication satellite , con man , crook ,
deck , den of thieves , devotee , dilettante , dose , draft , dropping ,
drug packet , embezzler , encomiast , eulogist , eulogizer , extoller ,
fan , fancier , filcher , fix , follower , ganef , ghoul , grafter ,
grave robber , groupie , hit , hypodermic , hypodermic injection ,
idolater , idolizer , injection , inoculation , jet injection ,
jewel thief , land pirate , land shark , land-grabber , larcener ,
larcenist , lauder , lifter , mainlining , multistage rocket ,
narcotic injection , narcotic shot , overdose , panegyrist , peculator ,
petty thief , pilferer , plugger , poacher , popping , portion , potion ,
praiser , promoter , prowler , puffer , purloiner , relay links , robber ,
rooter , scrounger , shill , shooting up , shoplifter , shot ,
single-stage rocket , skin-popping , sneak thief , stealer ,
step rocket , stick , stratovision , swindler , thief ,
three-stage rocket , tout , touter , vaccination , vaccine , votary ,
white-collar thief , worshiper

FOLDOC Booster

A data-parallel language.

"The Booster Language", E. Paalvast, TR PL 89-ITI-B-18, Inst
voor Toegepaste Informatica TNO, Delft, 1989.