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SUBORBITAL
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Situated on or below the floor of the eye socket
Example:
a suborbital bone
Synonyms:
subocular; suborbital
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
orbit (the bony cavity in the skull containing the eyeball)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Having or involving a trajectory of less than one orbit
Example:
the first manned suborbital flight
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
orbit (the (usually elliptical) path described by one celestial body in its revolution about another)
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