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interstages

interstages is the plural of interstage.

Meaning of interstage

Noun

interstage (plural interstages)

  1. 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. 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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Questions about interstages

What is interstages the plural of?
Interstages is the plural of interstage.

Words near interstages in the dictionary

  1. interstacking
  2. interstadial
  3. interstadially
  4. interstadials
  5. interstage
  6. interstages
  7. interstaminal
  8. interstaminate
  9. interstanza
  10. interstanzaic
  11. interstapedial

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