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step rocket

noun Rocketry.
a multistage rocket that discards burned-out stages.
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step rocket

noun
a rocket having two or more rocket engines (each with its own fuel) that are fired in succession and jettisoned when the fuel is exhausted [syn: multistage rocket
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