satellite
(adjective) surrounding and dominated by a central authority or power; “a city and its satellite communities”
satellite, artificial satellite, orbiter
(noun) man-made equipment that orbits around the earth or the moon
satellite
(noun) any celestial body orbiting around a planet or star
satellite, planet
(noun) a person who follows or serves another
satellite
(verb) broadcast or disseminate via satellite
Source: WordNet® 3.1
satellite (plural satellites)
A moon or other smaller body orbiting a larger one. [from 17th c.]
A man-made apparatus designed to be placed in orbit around a celestial body, generally to relay information, data etc. to Earth. [from 20th c.]
A country, state, office, building etc. which is under the jurisdiction, influence, or domination of another body. [from 19th c.]
(now rare) An attendant on an important person; a member of someone's retinue, often in a somewhat derogatory sense; a henchman. [from 16th c.]
(colloquial, uncountable) Satellite TV; reception of television broadcasts via services that utilize man-made satellite technology. [from 20th c.]
(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".
• The man-made telecommunication objects are sometimes called artificial satellites to distinguish them from natural satellites such as the Moon.
• (artificial orbital body): sat (abbreviation)
• anti-satellite
• femtosatellite
• fixed satellite
• microsatellite
• minisatellite
• nanosatellite
• picosatellite
• quasi-satellite, quasisatellite
• space satellite
• spy satellite
satellite (third-person singular simple present satellites, present participle satelliting, simple past and past participle satellited)
(broadcasting, transitive) To transmit by satellite.
• telestial
Source: Wiktionary
Sat"el*lite, n. Etym: [F., fr. L. Stelles, -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.)
Definition: A secondary planet which revolves about another planet; as, the moon is a satellite of the earth. See Solar system, under Solar. Satellite moth (Zoöl.), a handsome European noctuid moth (Scopelosoma satellitia).
Sat"el*lite, a. (Anat.)
Definition: Situated near; accompanying; as, the satellite veins, those which accompany the arteries.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
24 February 2025
(noun) (astronomy) position of a planet as defined by its angular distance from its perihelion (as observed from the sun)
Coffee starts as a yellow berry, changes into a red berry, and then is picked by hand to harvest. The red berry is de-shelled through a water soaking process and what’s left inside is the green coffee bean. This bean then dries in the sun for 3-5 days, where it is then packed and ready for sale.
