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]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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]
WordNet (r) 2.0
112 Moby Thesaurus words for "booster":
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
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
Booster
A data-parallel language.
"The Booster Language", E. Paalvast, TR PL 89-ITI-B-18, Inst
voor Toegepaste Informatica TNO, Delft, 1989.
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)
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