satellites
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Definitions ofsatellites
- A moon or other smaller body orbiting a larger one.
Example: "A spent upper stage is a derelict satellite."
- A man-made apparatus designed to be placed in orbit around a celestial body, generally to relay information, data etc. to Earth.
Example: "Many telecommunication satellites orbit at 36000km above the equator."
- A country, state, office, building etc. which is under the jurisdiction, influence, or domination of another body.
- An attendant on an important person; a member of someone's retinue, often in a somewhat derogatory sense; a henchman.
- Satellite TV; reception of television broadcasts via services that utilize man-made satellite technology.
Example: "Do you have satellite at your house?"
- (grammar) 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".
- To transmit by satellite.
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