adj
Meaning 1
Between stages.
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Usage: not-comparable
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Standard Lemma guide
interstage
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noun
Meaning 2
The structure, generally containing mechanical components and instruments but no engines or fuel tanks, connecting the top of a stage of a multistage rocket to the bottom of the stage above it.
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Topics: aerospace, astronautics, business, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
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noun
Meaning 3
The components of a multistage thermonuclear weapon which channel the radiation produced by the primary's fission explosion so as to trigger the implosion of the secondary and ignite a fusion explosion in the secondary's fusion fuel.
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Topics: government, military, politics, war
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History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h1én Proto-Indo-European *h1entér Proto-Italic *n̥ter Latin inter Latin inter-bor. English inter- English stage English interstage From inter- + stage.