Join free

interstage

English

AI In plain words

Writing a short explanation…

Written by a house AI from the entry below, in your language. The entry itself is the source.

interstage

noun 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.

adjective

  1. not comparable Between stages.

Talk about this word

Cite this
MLA

"interstage." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/interstage. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

interstage. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/interstage

Chicago

"interstage." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/interstage.

BibTeX
@misc{interstage_2026,
  title = {interstage},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/interstage},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}