staging

[ stey-jing ]
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noun
  1. the act, process, or manner of presenting a play on the stage.

  2. a temporary platform or structure of posts and boards for support, as in building; scaffolding.

  1. Rocketry. the in-flight separation of a rocket stage from the remaining stages of a multistage missile or launch vehicle.

  2. the business of running stagecoaches.

  3. the act of traveling by stages or by stagecoach.

Origin of staging

1
1275–1325; Middle English (see stage, -ing1)

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British Dictionary definitions for staging

staging

/ (ˈsteɪdʒɪŋ) /


noun
  1. any temporary structure used in the process of building, esp the horizontal platforms supported by scaffolding

Origin of staging

1
C14: from stage + -ing 1

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