Booster
Pronunciation : Boost"er
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : Defn: 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.
(Elec.)
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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