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De - Pt| English Dictionary: 'satellite | by the DICT Development Group |
| 2 results for 'satellite | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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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. [bd]The satellites of power.[b8] --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[94]l.), a handsome European noctuid moth ({Scopelosoma satellitia}). | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Satellite \Sat"el*lite\, a. (Anat.) Situated near; accompanying; as, the satellite veins, those which accompany the arteries. | |
