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Meaning of hot-stage | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B2

Definitions

To light the engine(s) of a rocket stage while still attached to the stage beneath it.

intransitive

Examples

“The Proton's second stage⟳ avoids ullage issues by hot-staging, allowing the engines to ignite while still being pushed by the first stage⟳, but this necessitates the use⟳ of a special open⟳ trusswork in the interstage area to prevent⟳ the superheated second-stage exhaust⟳ from blowing up the rocket.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

hot-staged hot-stages hot-staging hot-stepped hot-stepping hot-steps

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