satellite
nounverbcommon in dialogue
- //ˈsætəlaɪ̯t//
- /[ˈsætʰəlaɪ̯t] ~ [ˈsætʰl̩aɪ̯t]/
- //ˈsæɾəlaɪ̯t//
- /[ˈsæɾəlaɪ̯t] ~ [ˈsæɾl̩aɪ̯t]/
A moon or other smaller body orbiting a larger one.
noun
- 1
A moon or other smaller body orbiting a larger one.
The Moon is a natural satellite of the Earth.
A spent upper stage is a derelict satellite.
At that time they suspected that Triton's frigid temperature might liquefy nitrogen but not be cold enough to freeze it. Thus they had predicted that Neptune's only big satellite—nearly the size of our moon—might be covered by an ocean of nitrogen, interspersed with continents of methane ice.
- 2
A man-made apparatus designed to be placed in orbit around a celestial body, generally to relay information, data, etc. to Earth.
Many telecommunication satellites orbit at 36000km above the equator.
- 3
A country, state, office, building etc. which is under the jurisdiction, influence, or domination of another body.
- 4
archaicAn attendant on an important person; a member of someone's retinue, often in a somewhat derogatory sense; a henchman.
We read in the Bible, that Nicanor the persecutor of Gods Law[…]sent his Satellites to apprehend the good old man Rasias[…].
[…]he would nevertheless have a better bargain of this tall satellite if they settled the debate betwixt them in the forest[…]. Betwixt anxiety, therefore, vexation, and anger, Charles faced suddenly round on his pursuer[…].
Inspector Meadows was a small man with a ginger head and what I considered a peculiarly irritating manner. A satellite, also in plain clothes, sat unobtrusively in a corner.
The unnamed chronicler in his Dupin stories was the first Dr. Watson type of satellite—a narrator who accompanies the detective on his exploits, exclaims over his brilliance[…].
- 5
Satellite TV; reception of television broadcasts via services that use man-made satellite technology.
Do you have satellite at your house?
- 6
A grammatical construct that takes various forms and may encode a path of movement, a change of state, or the grammatical aspect. Examples: "a bird flew past"; "she turned on the light".
- 7
A very large array of tandemly repeating, non-coding DNA.
- 8
A community or town dependent on a larger town or city nearby.
Ahead of us the lowering smoke-screen of Leeds and her gloomy satellites hung like an incubus over the land.
Etymology
From Middle French satellite, from Latin satelles (“attendant”). Ultimately perhaps of Etruscan origin.
verb
- 1
To transmit by satellite.
It had to speed up its efforts to participate in the international satellite television market. In the summer of 1986 it began satelliting TV programs to Africa, and in early 1987, to Asia and twenty countries in Latin America […]
- 2
To orbit, like a satellite
Forms
- plural
- satellites
- past tense
- satellited
- past participle
- satellited
- present participle
- satelliting
- third person singular
- satellites
satellite · A moon or other smaller body orbiting a larger one.
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