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subcatastrophic

subcatastrophic adjective: not rising to the level of being catastrophic.

Adjective

subcatastrophic (not comparable)

  1. Not rising to the level of being catastrophic.
    • Because small impacts are much more numerous than large ones, these subcatastrophic collisions may be an important contributing factor in the evolution of small strength-dominated satellites. Even for gravity-dominated satellites, subcatastrophic collisions could be very important for the evolution...1991, Jay T. Bergstralh, Ellis D. Miner, Mildred Shapley Matthews, Uranus, University of Arizona Press, →ISBN, page 686
    • Force-displacement plot of a cervical facet capsule failure intension, illustrating the joint failure event and subcatastrophic failures. Also shown are images of the joint's configuration at these failures. Of particular interest are the subcatastrophic failures, in which the overall mechanical...2005, Charles Richard Clark, Edward C. Benzel, Cervical Spine Research Society. Editorial Committee, The Cervical Spine (Lippincott Williams & Wilkins), page 126

Examples of subcatastrophic in a sentence

  • Because small impacts are much more numerous than large ones, these subcatastrophic collisions may be an important contributing factor in the evolution of small strength-dominated satellites.1991, Jay T. Bergstralh, Ellis D. Miner, Mildred Shapley Matthews, Uranus, University of Arizona Press, →ISBN, page 686:
  • Force-displacement plot of a cervical facet capsule failure intension, illustrating the joint failure event and subcatastrophic failures.2005, Charles Richard Clark, Edward C. Benzel, Cervical Spine Research Society. Editorial Committee, The Cervical Spine (Lippincott...

Origin of subcatastrophic

From sub- + catastrophic.

Questions about subcatastrophic

What does subcatastrophic mean?
Subcatastrophic means not rising to the level of being catastrophic.
How do you use subcatastrophic in a sentence?
Because small impacts are much more numerous than large ones, these subcatastrophic collisions may be an important contributing factor in the evolution of small strength-dominated satellites.
What part of speech is subcatastrophic?
Subcatastrophic is an adjective.

Words near subcatastrophic in the dictionary

  1. subcastes
  2. subcatalog
  3. subcatalogs
  4. subcatalogue
  5. subcatalogues
  6. subcatastrophic
  7. subcatchment
  8. subcatchments
  9. subcategorial
  10. subcategorical
  11. subcategorically

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