thrust boost
1boost — [n1] increase addition, advance, breakthrough, expansion, hike, improvement, increment, jump, lift, raise, rise, step up, up, upgrade, wax; concepts 700,780 Ant. blow, decrease, hindrance, setback boost [n2] encouragement aid, assistance, backup …
2thrust — [n1] point of communication burden, core, effect, gist, meaning, meat*, pith*, purport, sense, short, substance, upshot; concept 682 thrust [n2] forward movement advance, blitz, boost, drive, impetus, impulsion, jump, lunge, momentum, onset,… …
3boost|er — «BOOS tuhr», noun. 1. a person or thing that boosts: »Figurative. His suggestions offer India a self starter or booster (Harper s). 2. an accessory generator or other device interposed in series in a circuit for increasing the voltage in an… …
4thrust — v 1. push, stove, drive, propel, impel; advance, forward, urge forward, power, actuate; hurl, clap, chuck, throw, fling, toss; plump, plank, plop, slap; boost, start, prod, set going, press. 2. stab, pierce, lunge, plunge; pass, cut, feint, jab;… …
5thrust — Synonyms and related words: acceleration, actuate, advance, advance against, advance upon, afterburner, aggressiveness, animate, assault, atomic power, bang, bear, bear down upon, bear upon, bearing, best part, better part, body, boost, bowl,… …
6thrust — θrÊŒst n. push, boost, hit; thrust force, propelling force (as of an airplane) v. drive by applying pressure, push, shove …
7boost — v 1. lift, raise, raise up, cast up, hoist, heft, thrust up; elevate, exalt, upgrade, aggrandize. 2. promote, support, advance, further, forward, help onward, facilitate; publicize, Sl. plug, advertise, write, up, bring or drag into the… …
8boost — Synonyms and related words: Great Leap Forward, a leg up, abstract, access, accession, accretion, accrual, accruement, acculturate, accumulation, acknowledgment, add to, addition, advance, advancement, advantage, advertise, advocate, aggrandize,… …
9boost — i. Any temporary augmentation of thrust or power given to a flying vehicle during takeoff, climb or other part of its flight, as with booster rocket or by means of RATO rocket assisted takeoff (RATO). ii. Excess pressure, over and above a datum… …
10Specific thrust — is a term used in Gas Turbine Engineering to show the relative bulk of a jet engine (e.g. turbojet, turbofan, etc) and is defined as the ratio: net thrust/total intake airflow. Low specific thrust enginesA modern civil turbofan has a low specific …
