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satellite |
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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