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intertanks

intertanks is the plural of intertank.

Meaning of intertank

Noun

intertank (plural intertanks)

  1. 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

Questions about intertanks

What is intertanks the plural of?
Intertanks is the plural of intertank.

Words near intertanks in the dictionary

  1. intertanglement
  2. intertanglements
  3. intertangles
  4. intertangling
  5. intertank
  6. intertanks
  7. intertarsal
  8. intertask
  9. intertaxon
  10. intertaxonic
  11. interteam

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