booster
booh ster
- n a person who backs a politician or a team etc.
- n someone who is an active supporter and advocate
- n a thief who steals goods that are in a store
- n an amplifier for restoring the strength of a transmitted signal
- n the first stage of a multistage rocket
- n an additional dose that makes sure the first dose was effective
- Power Plant: Teledyne Turbojet and solid propellant booster for surface and submarine launch.
- The booster, tumbling slightly and mov ing slower than the capsule, dropped about 400 ft.
- In other testimony, one of NASA's booster experts, Lawrence Mulloy, conceded that damage to the rings had occurred previously.