satellites

Noun

satellite (plural satellites)

1. A moon or other smaller body orbiting a larger one.
   • The Moon is a natural satellite of the Earth.
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.

   Synonyms:

   artificial satellite

3. A country, state, office, building etc. which is under the jurisdiction, influence, or domination of another body.
4. (archaic) An attendant on an important person; a member of someone's retinue, often in a somewhat derogatory sense; a henchman.
   • We read in the Bible, that Nicanor the persecutor of Gods Law[…]sent his Satellites to apprehend the good old man Rasias[…].1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 3, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC
5. (colloquial, uncountable) Satellite TV; reception of television broadcasts via services that use man-made satellite technology.
   • 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".

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