booster
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4.4
- noun
- /ˈbuːstər/
- Specialized
:
amplificador de señal
- Ozzie, if you can hear me, I'm gonna try to restore contact from your end by activating one of the electromagnetic booster cells.
Examples
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So, so basically the cell phone signal booster isn't working.
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In this case, the mobile booster does not limit the number of users.
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However, I have a signal booster in my house that, to my knowledge, only works for AT&T.
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My hubby installed a cell phone booster in the living room, and it does seem to be helping.
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Most dishwashing machines and booster water heaters use electric power.
Academic text (2005) -
There was an electrical malfunction with the boosters.
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Solar boosters at maximum.
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Series 5G gas boosters have been designed to provide gas boosting from 50 to 25,000 psi.
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Martha Stewart recommends both washing soda and Borax as laundry boosters when washing diapers.
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The technician installed a signal booster to improve the reception in the basement.
Synonyms
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3.4
A device that makes sound or radio signals louder
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3.7
A device that picks up and sends a signal to make it stronger or reach farther
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4.8
A device that receives a signal and sends it farther
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5.6
A device that makes weak electrical signals stronger before they go to the main amplifier
An electronic device that makes a signal stronger so it reaches farther
A thing that makes a signal stronger so it can travel far
A device that makes weak radio or phone signals stronger and sends them on
A device that receives a weak signal and sends it again at full strength
A place with equipment that makes weak communication signals stronger
Compounds
- Specialized
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2.9
An extra vaccine dose you get after the first to make protection stronger
- Specialized
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5.3
A large engine that gives a spacecraft its first push and falls off when empty
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3.4
A thick insulated cable that connects two car batteries to start a car with a dead battery
- Specialized
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3.9
An extra vaccine dose given after the first doses to increase protection
- Specialized
An electronic device that makes a signal stronger so it reaches farther
- Specialized
A place with equipment that makes weak communication signals stronger
- Specialized
The first part of a rocket that gives the strong push needed to lift it off
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Morphology
Etymology
Booster comes from the verb boost meaning 'to increase or make stronger' and the ending -er, so it means 'a thing that makes something stronger'. That is why a signal booster is a device that makes a weak electrical or radio signal stronger.