interstage

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English

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Etymology

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From inter- +‎ stage.

Noun

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interstage (plural interstages)

  1. (astronautics) 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.
  2. (military) 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.

Adjective

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interstage (not comparable)

  1. Between stages.

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