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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



... the telephones in this system are radio transceivers, with each instrument having its own private radio frequency and sufficient radiated power to reach the booster station in its area (cell), from which the telephone signal is fed to ...
— The 2008 CIA World Factbook • United States. Central Intelligence Agency.
... it, if you can drive with your mouth shut. This isn't any booster parade. Fact is—let's walk to the depot, while I tell you." He stepped out of the doorway, and Bud gloomily followed him. "Little trouble with my wife," the man explained apologetically. "Having me shadowed, and all that sort of thing. And I've got business ...
— Cabin Fever • B. M. Bower
... no details could be disentangled from the discreet ambiguities of the Master and the Professor. But Michael's letter was more explicit. Nicky had been sent down because old "Booster" had got it into his head that Nicky had been making love to "Booster's" wife when she didn't want to be made love to, and nothing could get it out ...
— The Tree of Heaven • May Sinclair
... The primary—ah, booster, as you say, breaks free at twelve miles. That one, and the secondary, we control with radar. We touch a button ...
— The Big Tomorrow • Paul Lohrman


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