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signal boost en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. an instance of sharing or disseminating another's information or material with one's own audience
    • Thanks for the signal boost on my crowdfunding campaign!
  2. an increase in the capacity, strength, or range of a signal
    • Taking advantage of acoustical resonances results in a signal boost and enables highly sensitive analyzers with low detection limits. 2012, M. Wolff with B. Kost and B. Baumann, “Shape-Optimized Photoacoustic Cell: Numerical Consolidation and Experimental Confirmation”, in International Journal of Thermophysics, volume 33, numbers 10-11, →DOI, page 1953:

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signal boosts Number=Plur lexicographic

signal boost en · VERB

Meanings

  1. to share or disseminate another's information or material with one's own audience
    • On her blog, Mel tries to signal boost every petition for legalizing sex robots that she comes across.
    • Since the mainstream media anoints only a few scholars as thought leaders or public intellectuals, the work of some marginalized scholars remains underappreciated. In order to combat this, I signal boost the work of black academics on social media. 2017, Nyasha Junior, “The Scholarly Network”, in Journal of Biblical Literature, volume 136, number 1, →DOI, page 126:

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signal boosting Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
signal boosts Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
signal boosted Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
signal boosted Tense=Past lexicographic