satellite
English
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Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle French satellite, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin satelles (“attendant”). Ultimately perhaps of (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Etruscan origin.
Pronunciation
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Noun
satellite (plural satellites)
- A moon or other smaller body orbiting a larger one. [from 17th c.]
- The Moon is a natural satellite of the Earth.
- 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. [from 20th c.]
- 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. [from 19th c.]
- (now rare) An attendant on an important person; a member of someone's retinue, often in a somewhat derogatory sense; a henchman. [from 16th c.]
- Template:RQ:Florio Montaigne Essayes
- 1826, Walter Scott, Woodstock, p.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, p.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 […].
- (colloquial, uncountable) Satellite TV; reception of television broadcasts via services that utilize man-made satellite technology. [from 20th c.]
- 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".
Usage notes
- The man-made telecommunication objects are sometimes called artificial satellites to distinguish them from natural satellites such as the Moon.
Synonyms
- (artificial orbital body): sat (abbreviation)
Hyponyms
Derived terms
Related terms
- satellite assembly
- satellite broadcasting
- satellite campus
- satellite cell
- satellite dish
- satellite DNA
- satellite-framing
- satellite hit
- satellite image
- satellite link
- satellite moth
- satellite navigation
- satellite operation
- satellite phone
- satellite planet
- satellite station
- satellite telephone
- satellite television
- satellite tenant
- satellite town
Translations
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See also
- (moon of Earth) Luna/Moon/moon (Category: en:Moon) [edit]
- (moons of Mars) Phobos, Deimos
- (moons of Jupiter) Metis, Adrastea, Amalthea, Thebe, Io, Europa, Ganymede, Callisto, Themisto, Leda, Himalia, Lysithea, Elara, Euporie, Thelxinoe, Euanthe, Helike, Orthosie, Iocaste, Praxidike, Harpalyke, Mneme, Hermippe, Thyone, Ananke, Herse, Aitne, Kale, Taygete, Chaldene, Erinome, Aoede, Kallichore, Kalyke, Carme, Callirrhoe, Eurydome, Pasithee, Kore, Cyllene, Eukelade, Pasiphaë, Hegemone, Arche, Isonoe, Sinope, Sponde, Autonoe, Megaclite
- (moons of Saturn) Pan, Daphnis, Atlas, Prometheus, Pandora, Epimetheus, Janus, Aegaeon, Mimas, Methone, Anthe, Pallene, Enceladus, Tethys, Telesto, Calypso, Dione, Helene, Polydeuces, Rhea, Titan, Hyperyon, Iapetus, Kiviuq, Ijiraq, Phoebe, Paaliaq, Skathi, Albiorix, Bebhionn, Erriapus, Skoll, Siamaq, Tarqeq, Greip, Hyrrokin, Jarnsaxa, Tarvos, Mundilfari, Bergelmir, Narvi, Suttungr, Hati, Farbauti, Thrymr, Aegir, Bestla, Fenrir, Surtur, Kari, Ymir, Loge, Fornjot
- (moons of Uranus) Cordelia, Ophelia, Bianca, Cressida, Desdemona, Juliet, Portia, Rosalind, Cupid, Belinda, Perdita, Puck, Mab, Miranda, Ariel, Umbriel, Titania, Oberon, Francisco, Caliban, Stephano, Trinculo, Sycorax, Margaret, Prospero, Setebos, Ferdinand
- (moons of Neptune) Naiad, Thalassa, Despina, Galatea, Larissa, Proteus, Triton, Nereid, Halimede, Sao, Laomedeia, Psamathe, Neso
- (moons of Pluto) Charon, Styx, Nix, Kerberos, Hydra
- (moons of Haumea) Namaka, Hiʻiaka
- (moons of Eris) Dysnomia
Anagrams
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin satellitem (accusative singular of satelles).
Pronunciation
Noun
satellite m (plural satellites)
Adjective
satellite (plural satellites)
- satellite, from or relating to a satellite (man-made apparatus)
- 2013, Jean-Noël Marien, Émilien Dubiez, Dominique Louppe, Adélaïde Larzillière, Quand la ville mange la forêt: les défis du bois-énergie en Afrique centrale, page 45, →ISBN
- Le couvert végétal du basin d’approvisionnement en bois-énergie de la ville de Kinshasa a été cartographié par images satellites
- 2013, Jean-Noël Marien, Émilien Dubiez, Dominique Louppe, Adélaïde Larzillière, Quand la ville mange la forêt: les défis du bois-énergie en Afrique centrale, page 45, →ISBN
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “satellite”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin satelles (“attendant”), perhaps of (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Etruscan origin.
Pronunciation
Noun
satellite m (plural satelliti)
Related terms
Anagrams
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /saˈtel.li.te/, [s̠äˈt̪ɛlːʲɪt̪ɛ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /saˈtel.li.te/, [säˈt̪ɛlːit̪e]
Noun
(deprecated template usage) satellite
Middle French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin satellitem, accusative singular of satelles.
Noun
satellite m (plural satellites)
Descendants
References
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (satellite, supplement)
Norman
Etymology
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Noun
satellite f (plural satellites)
Derived terms
- bolle à satellite (“satellite dish”)
- télévîsion dé satellite (“satellite television”)
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