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Definition of Subceiling
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Subceiling
Literary usage of Subceiling
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Defense Policy in the Reagan Administration edited by William P. Snyder, James Brown (1997)
"Strategic warheads were to be reduced to 5000, with a subceiling of ICBM warheads,
and ICBM and SLBM launchers were to be reduced to 850. ..."
2. Hostage to Revolution: Gorbachev and Soviet Security Policy, 1985-1991 by Coit D. Blacker (1993)
"... (later modified to permit the maintenance on an interim basis of some 200 INF
warheads, with a subceiling of 100 such weapons within range of Europe). ..."
3. The San Francisco Earthquake and Fire of April 18, 1906: And Their Effects by Grove Karl Gilbert, Joseph Austin Holmes, Richard Lewis Humphrey, John Stephen Sewell, Frank Soulé (1907)
"Steel beams in many buildings had no protection, even where concrete filled,
except this subceiling. The lower webs of floor tile came off to perhaps a ..."
4. The San Francisco Earthquake and Fire of April 18, 1906: And Their Effects by Grove Karl Gilbert, Joseph Austin Holmes, Richard Lewis Humphrey, John Stephen Sewell, Frank Soulé (1907)
"... concrete filled, except this subceiling. The lower webs of floor tile came
off to perhaps a greater extent than in the Baltimore fire. ..."
5. Bulletin by Geological Survey (U.S.) (1907)
"Steel beams in many buildings had no protection, even where concrete filled,
except this subceiling. The lower webs of floor tile came off to perhaps a ..."
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