intertank

English

Etymology

inter- +‎ tank

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.
   • 2009 July 17, Kenneth Chang, “NASA Optimistic That Debris Did Not Damage Shuttle”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     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.