Suborbital

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Suborbital \Sub*or"bit*al\, Suborbitar \Sub*or"bit*ar\, a.
     (Anat.)
     Situated under or below the orbit.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  suborbital
       adj 1: having or involving a trajectory of less than one orbit;
              "the first manned suborbital flight"
       2: situated on or below the floor of the eye socket; "a
          suborbital bone" [syn: {subocular}]