What does booster mean?

Definitions for booster
ˈbu stərboost·er

This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word booster.

Princeton's WordNet

  1. supporter, protagonist, champion, admirer, booster, friendnoun

    a person who backs a politician or a team etc.

    "all their supporters came out for the game"; "they are friends of the library"

  2. promoter, booster, pluggernoun

    someone who is an active supporter and advocate

  3. booster, shoplifter, lifternoun

    a thief who steals goods that are in a store

  4. booster, booster amplifier, booster station, relay link, relay station, relay transmitternoun

    an amplifier for restoring the strength of a transmitted signal

  5. booster, booster rocket, booster unit, takeoff booster, takeoff rocketnoun

    the first stage of a multistage rocket

  6. booster, booster dose, booster shot, recall dosenoun

    an additional dose that makes sure the first dose was effective

Wiktionary

  1. boosternoun

    Something that boosts.

  2. boosternoun

    The first stage of a multistage rocket that provides the thrust for liftoff and the initial flight

  3. boosternoun

    Someone who is a fan or supporter of something.

  4. boosternoun

    Someone who promotes a town or business

  5. boosternoun

    A member of a booster club.

  6. boosternoun

    A booster dose.

    When did you get your last tetanus booster?

ChatGPT

  1. booster

    A booster is generally referred to as something that enhances or increases the effectiveness, strength, or performance of something else. It can refer to a variety of contexts, such as a supplementary dose of a vaccine, an electrical device to increase power, or even a mechanical device for increasing force or pressure. The specific meaning can change depending on how it is applied.

Wikidata

  1. Booster

    A Booster was a motor-generator set used for voltage regulation in direct current electrical power circuits. The development of alternating current and solid-state devices has rendered it obsolete. Boosters were made in various configurations to suit different applications.

Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms

  1. booster

    1. 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.

Anagrams for booster »

  1. booters

  2. reboots

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of booster in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of booster in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of booster in a Sentence

  1. Dan Kaszeta:

    The appearance of at least one image of a rocket booster section lends credence to this having been a rocket attack.

  2. Dan Barouch:

    They should be reassured that they received a vaccine that gives very good protection for a long period of time, and I think the second message is that I think people should learn about these new data in terms of considering booster shots, as well.

  3. William Moss:

    A person who skipped a booster is placing themselves at higher risk of getting infected, and getting disease from the SARS-Coronavirus-2, but I would also expect that they're going to have some partial immunity and so they may be protected against more severe disease.

  4. Anthony Fauci:

    I'm not sure exactly when that will happen, but I think people should not lose sight of the message that there's no doubt that if you want to be optimally protected, you should get your booster.

  5. Peter Hotez:

    My only question is why the 65 year age cutoff? What was that based on? Ordinarily I would have preferred that it be brought down to 60 or even 50, for those Americans who understand its importance, we should make second bivalent boosters available. Finally, we’ll soon need guidance about another annual fall booster. Presumably that information comes sometime this summer.

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