intertank
intertank noun: a structure in between the stacked tanks of a rocket body, where one tank is arranged above/below another, in the vertical body.
Noun
intertank (plural intertanks)
- A structure in between the stacked tanks of a rocket body, where one tank is arranged above/below another, in the vertical body.
- As shown in photographs taken of the external tank after it was jettisoned, most of the missing foam peeled off in strips from the intertank section.2009 July 17, Kenneth Chang, “NASA Optimistic That Debris Did Not Damage Shuttle”, in New York Times
Forms of intertank
| plural | intertanks |
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Origin of intertank
From inter- + tank.
Questions about intertank
- What does intertank mean?
- Intertank means a structure in between the stacked tanks of a rocket body, where one tank is arranged above/below another, in the vertical body.
- What part of speech is intertank?
- Intertank is a noun.
- What is the plural of intertank?
- The plural of intertank is intertanks.
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