Satellite : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Satellite	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for Satellite
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
satellite adj surrounding and dominated by a central authority or power; "a city and its satellite communities" n man-made equipment that orbits around the earth or the moon Synonym(s): satellite, artificial satellite, orbiter a person who follows or serves another Synonym(s): satellite, planet any celestial body orbiting around a planet or star v broadcast or disseminate via satellite
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Satellite \Sat"ellite\, 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]:
Satellite \Sat"ellite\, a. (Anat.) Situated near; accompanying; as, the satellite* veins, those which accompany the arteries.