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satellite.

A moon or other smaller body orbiting a larger one.

9 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈsætəlaɪ̯t/[ˈsætʰəlaɪ̯t] ~ [ˈsætʰl̩aɪ̯t]/ˈsæɾəlaɪ̯t/[ˈsæɾəlaɪ̯t] ~ [ˈsæɾl̩aɪ̯t]
  1. A moon or other smaller body orbiting a larger one.

    The Moon is a natural satellite of the Earth.
    A spent upper stage is a derelict satellite.
  2. A man-made apparatus designed to be placed in orbit around a celestial body, generally to relay information, data, etc. to Earth.

    Many telecommunication satellites orbit at 36000km above the equator.
  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.

    archaic
  5. Satellite TV; reception of television broadcasts via services that use man-made satellite technology.

    colloquial · uncountable
    Do you have satellite at your house?
  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.

Where this word comes from

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

verb/ˈsætəlaɪ̯t/[ˈsætʰəlaɪ̯t] ~ [ˈsætʰl̩aɪ̯t]/ˈsæɾəlaɪ̯t/[ˈsæɾəlaɪ̯t] ~ [ˈsæɾl̩aɪ̯t]
  1. To transmit by satellite.

    transitive
  2. To orbit, like a satellite

Where this word comes from

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

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