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Definition of Suborbital

1. Adjective. Having or involving a trajectory of less than one orbit. "The first manned suborbital flight"

2. Adjective. Situated on or below the floor of the eye socket. "A suborbital bone"

Definition of Suborbital

1. a. Situated under or below the orbit.

Definition of Suborbital

1. Adjective. Not reaching orbit; having a trajectory that does not reach escape velocity and so must return to ground eventually. ¹

2. Adjective. (anatomy) Below the orbit of the eye ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Suborbital

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Suborbital

suboptimality suboptimally suboptimisation suboptimisations suboptimization suboptimizations suboptimize suboptimized suboptimizes suboptimizing

suboptimum suboption suboptions suboral suborbicular suborbital (current term) suborbitally suborder suborder Alcyonacea suborder Anisoptera

suborder Anseres suborder Anthropoidea suborder Blattaria suborder Blattodea suborder Blennioidea suborder Brachyura suborder Carnosaura suborder Cephalaspida suborder Ceratopsia suborder Ceratosaura

Literary usage of Suborbital

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1891)
"Same as suborbicular. suborbital (sub-ôr'bi-tal). я. and н. I. a. Situated below the orbit of the eye or on the floor of that orbit; infra-orbital; ..."

2. Investigations of the Aquatic Resources and Fisheries of Porto Rico by United States Bureau of Fisheries, Barton Warren Evermann, Millard Caleb Marsh, William A. Wilcox (1900)
"suborbital stay with 8 distinct spines; third anal spine longer and stronger than second. ... suborbital stay without spines; cheek more or less scaly; ..."

3. Space 2030: Tackling Society's Challenges by OECD International Futures Programme (2005)
"A sharp distinction needs to be made between suborbital and orbital flight. For suborbital flight, no major technological hurdle has to be overcome. ..."

4. The Pericosmic Theory of Physical Existence and Its Sequel Preliminary to by George Stearns (1888)
"The number of miles traversed daily by the Moon's axis in its terrestial orbit is 54916, which is lunar- rotary as well as lunar-suborbital; the motoric ..."

5. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for by American Philosophical Society (1885)
"No suborbital plate. ß. Symphyseal plates wide as, or wider than long. ... Two small labials below suborbital. Four superior labials ; symphyseal and ..."

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