intertank means A structure in between the stacked tanks of a rocket body, where one tank is arranged above/below another, in the vertical body. Lexicurio rates it Rare gem — a strength score of 83 out of 100.
Etymology
From inter- + tank.
noun
- 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.”