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.
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2. (Astron.) A secondary planet which revolves about another
planet; as, the moon is a satellite of the earth. See
Solar system, under Solar.
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Satellite moth (Zool.), a handsome European noctuid moth
({Scopelosoma satellitia).
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Satellite \Sat"el*lite\, a. (Anat.)
Situated near; accompanying; as, the satellite veins, those
which accompany the arteries.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
satellite
adj : surrounding and dominated by a central authority or power;
"a city and its satellite communities"
n 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
v : broadcast or disseminate via satellite
WordNet (r) 2.0
219 Moby Thesaurus words for "satellite":
ATDA, ATS, Alouette, Anna, Apollo, Ariel, Atlas-Score,
Biosatellite, Comsat, Cosmos, Courier, Diapason, Discoverer, ERS,
Early Bird, Echo, Elektron, Explorer, GATV, Gemini, Injun,
Intelsat, Lofti, Luna, Lunar Orbiter, Lunik, Mariner, Mars probes,
Mercury, Midas, Nimbus, OAO, OGO, OSO, Pageos, Pegasus, Pioneer,
Proton, Ranger, Relay, Samos, San Marco, Secor, Sputnik, Surveyor,
Syncom, Telstar, Transit, Vanguard, Viking, Voskhod, WRESAT, Zond,
accompanying, acolyte, adherent, aide, aide-de-camp, ally,
ancillary, appendage, archduchy, archdukedom, artificial satellite,
artificial satellites, assistant, attendance, attendant, attending,
body of retainers, body politic, buff, buffer state,
captive nation, cavaliere servente, chieftaincy, chieftainry,
city-state, cohort, coincident, collateral, colony, commonweal,
commonwealth, communications satellite, cortege, country, county,
court, courtier, creature, crescent, crescent moon, dangler,
decrescent, decrescent moon, demilune, dependant, dependent,
disciple, domain, dominion, duchy, dukedom, dummy, earldom, empery,
empire, entourage, fan, favorite, figurehead, flunky, follower,
following, free city, full moon, geo probe, geodetic satellite,
geophysical satellite, gibbous moon, gillie, goon, grand duchy,
half-moon, hanger-on, harvest moon, heeler, helper, henchman,
homme de cour, incident, increscent, increscent moon, jackal,
kingdom, lackey, land, lieutenant, man, mandant, mandate,
mandated territory, mandatee, mandatory, minion, moon, myrmidon,
nation, nationality, navigational satellite, new moon,
orb of night, parasite, partisan, polis, polity, possession, power,
principality, principate, probe, protectorate, province, public,
puppet, puppet government, puppet regime, pursuer, pursuivant,
queen of heaven, queen of night, realm, republic,
research satellite, retainer, retinue, right-hand man,
robot satellite, rout, sectary, seneschalty, servant, settlement,
shadow, sidekick, silvery moon, sovereign nation, space probe,
space satellite, spacecraft, sputnik, state, stooge, successor,
suite, sultanate, superpower, supporter, sycophant, tagtail, tail,
territory, the wandering Moon, thug, toparchia, toparchy, train,
trainbearer, unmanned satellite, vassal, votary,
waning crescent moon, waning moon, ward heeler,
waxing crescent moon, waxing moon, weather satellite, wet moon
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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1. An artificial platform placed into orbit around the earth, often carrying instruments to gather environmental data. 2. ...
http://mkwc.ifa.hawaii.edu/glossary/index.cgi
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An earth-orbiting device used for receiving and transmitting signals. Each satellite has a number of transponders which receive the signal and bounce it back to earth, where it is received by any of the dish-shaped earth stations, then transmitted via cable, phone lines, or microwave to its ...
http://www.tamu.edu/ode/glossary.html
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any object that revolves around another object
http://scifiles.larc.nasa.gov/text/kids/Problem_Board/problems/galactic/glossary.html
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A free-flying object that orbits the Earth, another planet, or the sun.
http://eobglossary.gsfc.nasa.gov/Library/glossary.php3
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(Also: Feeder) Satellite refers to a tournament in which the winner or winners receive a seat at another tournament instead of a cash prize. ...
http://www.rakeking.com/poker-glossary.html
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1. A moon circling a planet, eg Jupiter’s satellites include Europa, Io and Ganymede. 2. A technology designed for and deployed into Earth’s orbit, for example communications, research and spy satellites. (See SPUTNIK, COBE, HUBBLE TELESCOPE, SPACE EXPLORATION) (MP)
http://www.eubios.info/biodict.htm
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(or moon) is the term for a body in orbit around a planet. As long as our own Moon was the only moon known, there was no need for a general term for the moons of planets. ...
http://www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0774869.html
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An object (natural or artificial) that orbits a larger body.
http://thethunderchild.com/ScienceFaction/Space/Technopedia/SpaceTechnopedia.html
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An object orbiting around another, larger one. For example, smaller bodies orbiting around planets are called those planets' "satellites'' (or, occasionally, "moons'' — but some astronomers frown on this use of the word "moon,'' which they feel should be reserved for Earth's natural satellite ...
http://www.astrosociety.org/education/publications/tnl/14/14.html
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an object that orbits another in space. The Moon is a natural satellite of the Earth.
http://www.ncsu.edu/project/agronauts/workbooks/Mission_1_Glossary.doc
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An attendant body revolving around a larger one, its primary. The Moon is a satellite of the Earth, but for historical reasons is called in astrology a planet (wanderer), as is the Sun. Astronomically, all planets in our solar system are satellites of the Sun.
http://www.horoscopes-heaven.com/
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a communications device in orbit above the Earth.
http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/readinessguide/glossary.html
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a small object in space that moves around a larger object; an object placed in orbit around the earth
http://www.elsp.com.ar/courses/mod/glossary/view.php
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a small spacecraft that orbits the Earth hundreds of miles above us. Some satellites have special cameras that can take pictures of the Earth. Example of an image (or picture) taken by camera on-board a satellite of the San Francisco area. ...
http://terraweb.wr.usgs.gov/kids/glossary.html
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A body that revolves about a larger one; for example, a moon of a planet.
http://www.ontariosciencecentre.ca/school/clc/visits/glossary.asp
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Device that circles high above the Earth and can be used for monitoring the weather
http://www.rcn27.dial.pipex.com/cloudsrus/glossary.html
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An object that moves around Earth or some other object rather than falling onto it.
http://mdk12.org/instruction/curriculum/science/glossary.shtml
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a machine that orbits the earth and is used to transmit and receive communication signals
http://www.pbs.org/kqed/oceanadventures/glossary/
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a microwave receiver, repeater, and regenerator in orbit above Earth. A satellite link is a microwave link using a satellite to receive, amplify, and retransmit signals to another location; network segments, including private lines, may be delivered in this manner. ...
http://www.crtc.gc.ca/dcs/eng/glossary.htm
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A small object orbiting a larger one.
http://www.astro-tom.com/getting_started/dictionary.htm
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The first artificial Earth satellite, orbited by the Soviet Union on October 7, 1957, using Korolev's R-7 rocket.
http://www.starjunkie.com/glossary_text.html
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A loudspeaker unit (driver and surrounding cabinet) designed to operate with a separate subwoofer.
http://www.alteclansing.com/prod_glossary.asp
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[from Latin satelles an attendant, assistant] Astronomically, a globe which revolves around a larger one which is its primary, but usually restricted to globes revolving around planets. ...
http://www.theosociety.org/pasadena/etgloss/sar-sec.htm
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(see also moon): A natural or artificial body having a regular orbit around a larger body.
http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/launchpad/1364/Glossary.html
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A chromosomal segment that branches off from the rest of the chromosome but is still connected by a thin filament or stalk.
http://www.barthsyndrome.org/CMFiles/Glossary37JZM-3122006-5604.doc
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man-made equipment that orbits around the earth or the moon
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any celestial body orbiting around a planet or star
http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn
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broadcast or disseminate via satellite
http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn
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The Satellite (Eupsilia transversa) is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is distributed throughout Europe.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satellite (moth)
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A satellite is any object that orbits another object (which is known as its primary). Satellites can be spacecraft manufactured on Earth and sent into orbit on a launch vehicle, they may be naturally occurring such as moons, comets, asteroids, planets, stars, and even galaxies, or they may be ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satellite
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"Satellite" is a song by The Sex Pistols. It is about when the band played in the satellite towns of the UK in their early career.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satellite (song)
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Satellite is the fourth studio album, and the second major label studio release by rap metal quartet P.O.D.. The album was released on September 11, 2001. The album debuted at No. ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satellite (album)
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Satellites are subviral agents composed of nucleic acids; they depend for their multiplication on coinfection of a host cell with a helper virus (also known as the master virus).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satellite (biology)
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"Satellite" is the ninth episode of the French animated television series Code Lyoko. It premiered in France on October 29, 2003 and in the United States on April 29, 2004.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satellite (Code Lyoko episode)
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Satellite was the fifth and final single off of the Dave Matthews Band LP Under the Table and Dreaming. It reached #18 on the Modern Rock Tracks chart. The song originally debuted on their album Remember Two Things. ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satellite (Dave Matthews Band song)
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