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Satellite - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Satellite : adj : surrounding and dominated by a central authority or power;
"a city and its satellite communities"
(noun)
1: man-made equipment that orbits around the earth or the moon
[syn: artificial satellite, orbiter]
2: a person who follows or serves another [syn: planet]
3: any celestial body orbiting around a planet or star
(verb)
1: broadcast or disseminate via satellite
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Satellite : \Sat"el*lite\, n. [F., fr. L. satelles, -itis, an
attendant.]
1. An attendant attached to a prince or other powerful
person; hence, an obsequious dependent. ``The satellites
of power.'' --I. Disraeli.
2. (Astron.) A secondary planet which revolves about another
planet; as, the moon is a satellite of the earth. See
Solar system, under Solar.
Satellite moth (Zo["o]l.), a handsome European noctuid moth
({Scopelosoma satellitia).
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Satellite : \Sat"el*lite\, a. (Anat.)
Situated near; accompanying; as, the satellite veins, those
which accompany the arteries.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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