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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

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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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