3 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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
2. (Astron.) A secondary planet which revolves about another
planet; as the moon is a satellite of the earth. See
{Solar system}, under {Solar}.
{Satellite moth} (Zo["o]l.), a handsome European noctuid moth
({Scopelosoma satellitia}).
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Satellite \Sat"el*lite\, a. (Anat.)
Situated near accompanying; as the satellite veins, those
which accompany the arteries.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
satellite
adj : surrounding and dominated by a central authority or power;
"a city and its satellite communities"
n 1: a man-made object that orbits around the earth [syn: {artificial
satellite}]
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
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