SATELLITE

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

Etymology

Noun

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".

Usage notes

• The man-made telecommunication objects are sometimes called artificial satellites to distinguish them from natural satellites such as the Moon.

Synonyms

• (artificial orbital body): sat (abbreviation)

Hyponyms

• anti-satellite

• femtosatellite

• fixed satellite

• microsatellite

• minisatellite

• nanosatellite

• picosatellite

• quasi-satellite, quasisatellite

• space satellite

• spy satellite

Verb

satellite (third-person singular simple present satellites, present participle satelliting, simple past and past participle satellited)

(broadcasting, transitive) To transmit by satellite.

Anagrams

• 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