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suborbital

UK:^*^*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/sʌbˈɔːbɪt^əl/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/sʌbˈɔrbɪtəl/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(sub ôr′bi tl)

sub•or•bit•al /sʌbˈɔrbɪtəl/USA pronunciation adj.

Aerospacemaking less than a complete orbit of the earth or some other planetary body.

sub•or•bit•al (sub ôr′bi tl),USA pronunciation adj.

Aerospace(of a spacecraft) not in orbit;
not achieving an altitude and velocity resulting in a ballistic trajectory circling the earth at least once.
Anatomysituated below the orbit of the eye.

sub- + orbital 1815–25

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suborbital /sʌbˈɔːbɪt^əl/ adj

(of a rocket, missile, etc) having a flight path that is less than one complete orbit of the earth or other celestial body
situated beneath the orbit of the eye

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