Satellite

Quick meaning: Satellite is a noun meaning A moon or other smaller body orbiting a larger one.

Meaning

A moon or other smaller body orbiting a larger one.

More Meanings

1. A man-made apparatus designed to be placed in orbit around a celestial body, generally to relay information, data etc. to Earth.
2. A country, state, office, building etc. which is under the jurisdiction, influence, or domination of another body.
3. (now rare) An attendant on an important person; a member of someone's retinue, often in a somewhat derogatory sense; a henchman.
4. (colloquial, uncountable) Satellite TV; reception of television broadcasts via services that use man-made satellite technology.
5. (genetics) A very large array of tandemly repeating, non-coding DNA.
6. A community or town dependent on a larger town or city nearby.
7. (grammar) 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".

Example Sentences

A spent upper stage is a derelict satellite.

The Moon is a natural satellite of the Earth.

Many telecommunication satellites orbit at 36000km above the equator.

We read in the Bible, that Nicanor the persecutor of Gods Law[…]sent his Satellites to apprehend the good old man Rasias[…].

Word Forms

• satellites
• satelliting
• satellited

Synonyms for satellite

Depending on context, synonyms include sat, planet.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include planet, outer, moon, star, orbital, constellation.

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