geosatellite
geosatellite noun: a satellite that orbits the earth, especially one that maintains communication with a receiver on earth.
Noun
geosatellite (plural geosatellites)
- A satellite that orbits the earth, especially one that maintains communication with a receiver on earth.
- One imaginative artist has hooked up a geosatellite device that detects the wobble of the satellite to a digital piano and “played” the wobble music—it sounds quite like a Philip Glass or Steve Reich minimalist music.2012, Don Ihde, Listening and Voice
- Digital images of any sort, from family photographs to medical Xrays to geosatellite images, can be treated as data.2014, August E. Grant, Jennifer H. Meadows, Communication Technology Update and Fundamentals
Forms of geosatellite
| plural | geosatellites |
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Origin of geosatellite
From geo- + satellite.
Questions about geosatellite
- What does geosatellite mean?
- Geosatellite means a satellite that orbits the earth, especially one that maintains communication with a receiver on earth.
- What part of speech is geosatellite?
- Geosatellite is a noun.
- What is the plural of geosatellite?
- The plural of geosatellite is geosatellites.
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