Defn: Smaller than the caliber of a firearm. [Written also subcalibre.] Subcaliber projectile, a projectile having a smaller diameter than the caliber of the arm from which it is fired, and to which it is fitted by means of a sabot. Knight.
SUBCARBONATE
Sub*car"bon*ate, n. (Chem.)
Defn: A carbonate containing an excess of the basic constituent.
SUBCARBONIFEROUS
Sub*car`bon*if"er*ous, a. (Geol.)
Defn: Of or pertaining to the lowest division of the Carboniferous formations underlying the proper coal measures. It was a marine formation characterized in general by beds of limestone. — n.
Defn: The Subcarboniferous period or formation.
SUBCARBURETED
Sub*car"bu*ret`ed, a. (Chem.)
Defn: United with, or containing, carbon in less than the normal proportion. [Written also subcarburetted.] [Obsoles.]
SUBCARTILAGINOUS Sub*car`ti*lag"i*nous, a. (Anat.) (a) Situated under or beneath a cartilage or cartilages. (b) Partially cartilaginous.
SUBCAUDAL
Sub*cau"dal, a. (Anat.)