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Satellite

/ˈsætəlaɪt/

A moon or other smaller body orbiting a larger one.

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📖 Definitions of "Satellite"

noun

1
A moon or other smaller body orbiting a larger one.
"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.

verb

1
To transmit by satellite.

🔄 Synonyms of "Satellite"

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planetnoun

(astronomy, current) A body which is massive enough to be in hydrostatic equilibrium (generally resulting in being an ellipsoid) but not enough to attain nuclear fusion and, in IAU usage, which directly orbits a star (or multiple star) and dominates the region of its orbit; specifically, in the case of the Solar system, the eight major bodies of Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune.

artificial satellitenoun

man-made equipment that orbits around the earth or the moon

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Satellite"

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Word	Definition
planetnoun	(astronomy, current) A body which is massive enough to be in hydrostatic equilibrium (generally resulting in being an ellipsoid) but not enough to attain nuclear fusion and, in IAU usage, which directly orbits a star (or multiple star) and dominates the region of its orbit; specifically, in the case of the Solar system, the eight major bodies of Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune.
outernoun	An outer part.
artificial satellitenoun	man-made equipment that orbits around the earth or the moon
moonnoun	(informal, by extension of Moon) Any natural satellite of a planet.
starnoun	Any small, natural and bright dot in the sky, most visible in the night or twilight sky. This sense includes the planets, but it is now sometimes used in exclusion of them due to influence from the technical astronomical sense.
orbitalnoun	(physics) A specification of the energy and probability density of one or more electrons at any point in an atom or molecule, representable as a wave function.
constellationnoun	(modern astronomy) Any of the 88 regions of the sky officially recognized by the International Astronomical Union, including all stars and celestial bodies in the region.
lunarnoun	(anatomy) The middle bone of the proximal series of the carpus in the wrist, which is shaped like a half-moon.
starsnoun	(with "the") Outer space.
aerospacenoun	(elliptical) The industry concerned with aircraft, missiles, satellites and spacecraft.
spaceflightnoun	Alternative spelling of space flight. [(uncountable) Flight into, from or through space.]
microsatellitenoun	(genetics) Any of a group of polymorphic loci in DNA that consist of repeat units of just a few base pairs.
spacecraftnoun	(astronautics) A vehicle that travels through space.
gnssnoun	(navigation) Initialism of global navigation satellite system, a satellite navigation system with global coverage.
radiocommunicationnoun	Any means of communication using radio or other electromagnetic waves
spatial	Pertaining to (the dimension of) space.
flightnoun	The act of flying.
spokenoun	A support structure that connects the axle or the hub of a wheel to the rim.
parallelnoun	An arrangement of electrical components such that a current flows along two or more paths; see in parallel.
xingnoun	A surname.