From WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003) [wn]:
satellite
adj : surrounding and dominated by a central authority or power;
"a city and its satellite communities"
n 1: man-made equipment that orbits around the earth or the moon
[syn: artificial satellite, orbiter]
2: a person who follows or serves another [syn: planet]
3: any celestial body orbiting around a planet or star
v : broadcast or disseminate via satellite
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
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. "The satellites of
power." --I. Disraeli.
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2. (Astron.) A secondary planet which revolves about another
planet; as, the moon is a satellite of the earth. See
Solar system, under Solar.
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Satellite moth (Zool.), a handsome European noctuid moth
(Scopelosoma satellitia).
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Satellite \Sat"el*lite\, a. (Anat.)
Situated near; accompanying; as, the satellite veins, those
which accompany the arteries.
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