satellite

Meaning

Noun

1. A moon or other smaller body orbiting a larger one.
2. A man-made apparatus designed to be placed in orbit around a celestial body, generally to relay information, data etc. to Earth.
3. A country, state, office, building etc. which is under the jurisdiction, influence, or domination of another body.
4. An attendant on an important person; a member of someone's retinue, often in a somewhat derogatory sense; a henchman.
5. (colloquial) Satellite TV; reception of television broadcasts via services that use man-made satellite technology.
6. 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".
7. A very large array of tandemly repeating, non-coding DNA.
8. A community or town dependent on a larger town or city nearby.

Verb

To transmit by satellite.

Synonyms

moon

🌔

artificial satellite

sputnik

orbiter

planet

follower

spaceship

Sputnik

space satellite

Moon

🌔

gypsy

heavenly body

henchman

planets

probe

protectorate

retainer

rover

servant

stooge

supporter

vagabond

vagrant

minor planet

space shuttle

Woodstock

orbital rocket

secondary planet

associated mineral

man-made earth satellite

Luna

accompanying mineral

artificial earth satellite

asteroid

attendant

buffer state

capsule

celestial body

digi-box

earth satellite

gipsy

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈsætəlaɪt/

Etymology

From Middle French satellite, from Latin satelles (“attendant”). Ultimately perhaps of Etruscan origin.