satellite

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Noun 1.2.1 Derived terms 1.2.2 Usage notes 1.2.3 Translations 1.3 Anagrams 2 French 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Pronunciation 2.3 Noun 2.3.1 Related terms 3 Italian 3.1 Noun 3.1.1 Related terms

[edit] English

Wikipedia

[edit] Etymology

Middle French satellite (14c.), from Latin satelles (“‘attendant’”)

[edit] Noun

satellite (plural satellites)

1. An object orbiting a planet or similar celestial body.

   The Moon is a natural satellite of the Earth.

2. Specifically, any man-made apparatus designed to relay telecommunication signals to and from Earth.

   Many telecommunication satellites orbit at 36000km above the equator.

3. (colloquial, uncountable) Satellite TV; reception of television broadcasts via services that utilize man-made satellite technology.

   Do you have satellite at your house?

4. (dated) Anything that follows something else around.
   • 1826, Walter Scott, Woodstock, page 348

     ...he would nevertheless have a better bargain of this tall satellite if they settled the debate betwixt them in the forest... . Betwixt anxiety, therefore, vexation, and anger, Charles faced suddenly round on his pursuer... .

   • 1948, Willard E. Hawkins, The Technique of Fiction: A Basic Course in Story Writing, page 169,

     The unnamed chronicler in his Dupin stories was the first Dr. Watson type of satellite—a narrator who accompanies the detective on his exploits, exclaims over his brilliance... .

5. Something which is under the jurisdiction, influence, or domination of another body, such as a country, a campus, an office.
6. (noun adjunct) Specifies something utilizing man-made orbital satellite transmission technology; e.g. satellite TV, satellite phone.

[edit] Derived terms

• spy satellite
• communications satellite

[edit] Usage notes

The man-made telecommunication objects are sometimes called artificial satellites to distinguish them from natural satellites such as the Moon.

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• Alphagram: aeeillstt
• telestial

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[edit] French

[edit] Etymology

from Latin satelittem (nominative of satelles)

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• IPA: /sa.te.lit/, SAMPA: /sa.te.lit/

[edit] Noun

satellite m.

1. satellite

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• satellisation
• satelliser

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[edit] Italian

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[edit] Noun

satellite m. (plural satelliti)

1. satellite

[edit] Related terms

• satellitare
• satellitismo
• satellizzare
• satelloide