multistage
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multistage
- Having more than one step or phase.
- (astronautics, of a rocket) Composed of multiple detachable parts.
- The multistage rocket dropped off its first stage successfully rather than carrying the extra weight higher.
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having more than one step or phase
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astronautics: of a rocket with detachable parts
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Further reading edit
- “multistage”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- “multistage”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
- “multistage”, in Collins English Dictionary.