ceiling
noun
the overhead interior surface of a room.
subceiling
-
a word derived from
ceiling.
Example Sentences
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Its subceiling of 1,320 multiple-warhead launchers allowed the two sides "freedom to mix" land-based and submarine-launched MlRVed missiles.
From Time Magazine Archive
Within that subceiling, a way had to be found of restricting the most dangerous component in the Soviet arsenal, MIRVed land-based missiles.
From Time Magazine Archive
The grade would have been an A.* Gromyko accepted the American position on D-and-P as well as the U.S. proposal for a lower total ceiling and for new limits within the 1,320 subceiling.
From Time Magazine Archive
In other words, the Soviets would have to agree to count all the silos there under the U.S.-proposed subceiling for MIRVed ICBMS.
From Time Magazine Archive
In Geneva, Kampelman continued to press the Soviet negotiators for a subceiling on ballistic-missile warheads.
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