third stage
After the second
Third stage refers to the third phase in a sequential process, most commonly rocket propulsion.
In multi-stage rockets, the third stage ignites after the first two have separated, typically carrying the payload to final orbit or escape velocity.
The term appears in other staged processes—third stage of labor, third stage of grief—where it marks a specific point in an established progression.
- final actConcluding portion of drama
- rocket boosterInitial propulsion stage
- Saturn VApollo program launch vehicle
- space launchRocket's departure from Earth
- metamorphosisProfound biological restructuring
life cycle · chrysalis · labor · labor pains · development · evolution · progression · disease progression · pupa · booster · separation · launch · delivery · transition · growth · syphilis · cancer · grief
- rocket stagesbooster, sustainer
- spaceflightlaunch, astronaut, spacecraft, liftoff, orbit
- childbirthcontractions, labor, pushing, dilation, birth
- rocketryrocket, rockets, rocket fuel, rocket engine, rocket engines
- Saturn VSaturn V, interstage, fuel tanks, fuel tank, fins
- rocketsrocket, rockets, ballistic missile, booster, boosters
third stagefirst stage
Initial phase of process
stage one · final stage · terminal stage · end stage · beginning
third, stage, thirds, thirdly, stages, staged, staging, stager, three