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Meaning
Noun
●
A
moon
or other
smaller
body
orbiting
a
larger
one.
●
A
man-made
apparatus
designed
to be
placed
in
orbit
around a
celestial body
,
generally
to
relay
information,
data
etc. to Earth.
●
A country, state,
office
,
building
etc. which is under the
jurisdiction
, influence, or
domination
of another body.
●
An
attendant
on an
important person
; a
member
of
someone's
retinue
, often in a somewhat
derogatory
sense
; a henchman.
●
Satellite TV;
reception
of
television
broadcasts
via services that
utilize
man-made
satellite
technology.
●
In 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".
●
In Genetics:
A very large
array
of
tandemly
repeating
, non-coding DNA.
●
A
community
or
town
dependent
on a
larger
town
or
city
nearby.
Verb
●
In Broadcasting:
To
transmit
by satellite.
Sourced from
Wiktionary
Origin
satellite
English
satellite
Middle French (ca. 1400-1600)
satelles
Latin
satellitem
Latin
Sourced from
Etym
Related
Spacecraft
Antenna
Geostationary
Orbit
Telescope
Gps
Radar
Sensor
Orbiter
Rocket
Gnss
Drone
Uav
Aircraft
Missile
Station
Submarine
Radio
Plane
Geosynchronous
Telemetry
Camera
Shuttle
Terrestrial
Nasa
Sputnik
Spaceship
Transmitter
Asteroid
Lidar
Radars
Vehicle
Rover
Glonass
Wireless
Robot
Beam
Space Station
Space Probe
Radio Telescope
Radio Signal
Gps Receiver
Weather Balloon
Ballistic Missile
Remote Sensing
Base Station
Space Shuttle
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