"multistage" meaning in English

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          "sense": "having more than one step or phase",
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          "roman": "mnogoetápnyj",
          "sense": "having more than one step or phase",
          "word": "многоэта́пный"
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        "(astronautics, of a rocket) Composed of multiple detachable parts."
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          "sense": "astronautics: of a rocket with detachable parts",
          "word": "multiétage"
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      "roman": "mnogostepenen",
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      "word": "многостепенен"
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      "sense": "having more than one step or phase",
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      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "mnogoetápnyj",
      "sense": "having more than one step or phase",
      "word": "многоэта́пный"
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      "roman": "mnogostupénčatyj",
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