Meanings
nounintertank (plural intertanks)
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
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intertank. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/intertank
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