Definition of suborbital in English:
suborbital
adjective sʌbˈɔːbɪt(ə)lˌsəbˈɔrbədl
1Situated below or behind the orbit of the eye.
Example sentencesExamples
- Peripheral blood was collected using a capillary tube from suborbital veins of 5-to 6-week-old mice.
- The upper eyelid is lost, and the suborbital shelf is variably reduced.
- The most striking features described by this component are a relative deepening of the suborbital head region, shortening of the caudal peduncle, and a dorsad displacement of the pectoral fin.
- The palatines lie between the suborbital fenestrae, with the anterior palatine processes forming a short V-shaped wedge.
- Again, it seems that the presence of many suborbital bones may be significant only at lower levels of systematics.
2Relating to or denoting a trajectory that does not complete a full orbit of the earth or other celestial body.
near the peak of the sub-orbital trajectory the booster fell away
Example sentencesExamples
- Through this program, student experiments were selected in January 2002 to fly on either a NASA suborbital sounding rocket in June or a future Space Shuttle mission.
- Commercial suborbital spaceflight achieved that milestone earlier this year.
- This should be a good time for the young suborbital spaceflight industry.
- What kinds of unusual economic trade-offs will future suborbital and orbital spacecraft create?
- Less than 10 minutes after lift-off the payload parachuted safely back to Earth, and the suborbital flight was over.
Definition of suborbital in US English:
suborbital
adjectiveˌsəbˈôrbədlˌsəbˈɔrbədl
1Situated below or behind the orbit of the eye.
Example sentencesExamples
- The most striking features described by this component are a relative deepening of the suborbital head region, shortening of the caudal peduncle, and a dorsad displacement of the pectoral fin.
- The upper eyelid is lost, and the suborbital shelf is variably reduced.
- Again, it seems that the presence of many suborbital bones may be significant only at lower levels of systematics.
- Peripheral blood was collected using a capillary tube from suborbital veins of 5-to 6-week-old mice.
- The palatines lie between the suborbital fenestrae, with the anterior palatine processes forming a short V-shaped wedge.
2Relating to or denoting a trajectory that does not complete a full orbit of the earth or other celestial body.
near the peak of the sub-orbital trajectory the booster fell away
Example sentencesExamples
- This should be a good time for the young suborbital spaceflight industry.
- Commercial suborbital spaceflight achieved that milestone earlier this year.
- What kinds of unusual economic trade-offs will future suborbital and orbital spacecraft create?
- Less than 10 minutes after lift-off the payload parachuted safely back to Earth, and the suborbital flight was over.
- Through this program, student experiments were selected in January 2002 to fly on either a NASA suborbital sounding rocket in June or a future Space Shuttle mission.