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A moon or other smaller body orbiting a larger one.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
The Moon is a natural satellite of the Earth. A spent upper stage is a derelict satellite.
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A man-made apparatus designed to be placed in orbit around a celestial body, generally to relay information, data etc. to Earth.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
Many telecommunication satellites orbit at 36000km above the equator.
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A country, state, office, building etc. which is under the jurisdiction, influence, or domination of another body.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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An attendant on an important person; a member of someone's retinue, often in a somewhat derogatory sense; a henchman.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic
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Satellite TV; reception of television broadcasts via services that use man-made satellite technology.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: colloquial, uncountable
Examples
Do you have satellite at your house?
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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".
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
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A very large array of tandemly repeating, non-coding DNA.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, genetics, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences
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A community or town dependent on a larger town or city nearby.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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To transmit by satellite.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Topics: broadcasting, media
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To orbit, like a satellite
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11
adjective satellite
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surrounding and dominated by a central authority or power
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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a city and its satellite communities
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man-made equipment that orbits around the earth or the moon
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: artificial satellite, orbiter
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: equipment
Narrower terms: astronomy satellite, communications satellite, spacecraft, ballistic capsule, space vehicle, space station, space platform, space laboratory, sputnik, spy satellite, weather satellite, meteorological satellite
any celestial body orbiting around a planet or star
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: celestial body, heavenly body
Narrower terms: Galilean satellite, Galilean, moon, Deimos, Phobos, Titan
a person who follows or serves another
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: planet
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: follower
broadcast or disseminate via satellite
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Broader terms: air, send, broadcast, beam, transmit
From Middle French satellite, from Latin satelles (“attendant”). Ultimately perhaps of Etruscan origin.
Across languages
Translations 207 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Bulgarian :
придружи́тел
(pridružítel)
— attendant on an important person
Chinese Mandarin :
随从
(suícóng)
— attendant on an important person
Chinese Mandarin :
追随者
(zhuīsuízhě)
— attendant on an important person
Chinese Mandarin :
仆从
(púcóng)
— attendant on an important person
Chinese Mandarin :
僕從 /仆从
(púcóng)
— attendant on an important person
Chinese Mandarin :
追隨者 /追随者
(zhuīsuízhě)
— attendant on an important person
Chinese Mandarin :
隨從 /随从
(suícóng)
— attendant on an important person
Danish :
drabant
— attendant on an important person
Finnish :
apuri
— attendant on an important person
Finnish :
kätyri
— attendant on an important person
German :
Begleiter
— attendant on an important person
German :
Gefolgsmann
— attendant on an important person
Japanese :
従者
(jūsha)
— attendant on an important person
Latin :
satellites
— attendant on an important person
Russian :
провожа́тый
(provožátyj)
— attendant on an important person
Russian :
провожа́тая
(provožátaja)
— attendant on an important person
Turkmen :
hemra
— attendant on an important person
Arabic :
قَمَر
(qamar)
— a body orbiting a larger one
Arabic :
تَابِع
(tābiʕ)
— a body orbiting a larger one
Armenian :
արբանյակ
(arbanyak)
— a body orbiting a larger one
Azerbaijani :
süni peyk
— a body orbiting a larger one
Azerbaijani :
peyk
— a body orbiting a larger one
Basque :
satelite
— a body orbiting a larger one
Belarusian :
сатэлі́т
(satelít)
— a body orbiting a larger one
Belarusian :
спадаро́жнік
(spadaróžnik)
— a body orbiting a larger one
Bengali :
উপগ্রহ
(upogroho)
— a body orbiting a larger one
Bulgarian :
сатели́т
(satelít)
— a body orbiting a larger one
Bulgarian :
спъ́тник
(spǎ́tnik)
— a body orbiting a larger one
Burmese :
အရံဂြိုဟ်
(a.ramgruih)
— a body orbiting a larger one
Catalan :
satèl·lit
— a body orbiting a larger one
Chinese Cantonese :
衛星 /卫星
— a body orbiting a larger one
Chinese Mandarin :
衛星 /卫星
(wèixīng)
— a body orbiting a larger one
Czech :
družice
— a body orbiting a larger one
Danish :
satellit
— a body orbiting a larger one
Danish :
drabant
— a body orbiting a larger one
Finnish :
kiertolainen
— a body orbiting a larger one
French :
satellite
— a body orbiting a larger one
Galician :
satélite
— a body orbiting a larger one
Georgian :
თანამგზავრი
(tanamgzavri)
— a body orbiting a larger one
German :
Trabant
— a body orbiting a larger one
German :
Begleiter
— a body orbiting a larger one
German :
Satellit
— a body orbiting a larger one
Greek :
δορυφόρος
(doryfóros)
— a body orbiting a larger one
Hindi :
उपग्रह
(upagrah)
— a body orbiting a larger one
Hindi :
प्राकृतिक उपग्रह
(prākŕtik upagrah)
— a body orbiting a larger one
Icelandic :
tungl
— a body orbiting a larger one
Icelandic :
fylgihnöttur
— a body orbiting a larger one
Icelandic :
gervitungl
— a body orbiting a larger one
Irish :
satailít
— a body orbiting a larger one
Japanese :
衛星
(eisei)
— a body orbiting a larger one
Korean :
위성
(wiseong)
— a body orbiting a larger one
Lao :
ບໍລິວານ
(bǭ li wān)
— a body orbiting a larger one
Latin :
satelles planētae
— a body orbiting a larger one
Malay :
satelit
— a body orbiting a larger one
Manx :
fo-phlannad
— a body orbiting a larger one
Manx :
mac-plannad
— a body orbiting a larger one
Māori :
amiorangi
— a body orbiting a larger one
Mongolian :
дагуул
(daguul)
— a body orbiting a larger one
Mongolian :
ᠳᠠᠭᠠᠭᠤᠯᠢ
(daɣaɣuli)
— a body orbiting a larger one
Iranian Persian :
قَمَر
(ġamar)
— a body orbiting a larger one
Polish :
satelita
— a body orbiting a larger one
Portuguese :
satélite
— a body orbiting a larger one
Punjabi :
ਉਪਗ੍ਰਹਿ
(upagrhi)
— a body orbiting a larger one
Romanian :
satelit
— a body orbiting a larger one
Russian :
сателли́т
(satellít)
— a body orbiting a larger one
Russian :
спу́тник
(spútnik)
— a body orbiting a larger one
Slovak :
družica
— a body orbiting a larger one
Spanish :
satélite
— a body orbiting a larger one
Swedish :
satellit
— a body orbiting a larger one
Tamil :
துணைக்கோள்
(tuṇaikkōḷ)
— a body orbiting a larger one
Thai :
บริวาร
(bɔɔ-rí-waan)
— a body orbiting a larger one
Tumbuka :
satelayiti class 9/6
— a body orbiting a larger one
Turkish :
uydu
— a body orbiting a larger one
Turkish :
peyk
— a body orbiting a larger one
Ottoman Turkish :
پیك
(peyk)
— a body orbiting a larger one
Turkmen :
hemra
— a body orbiting a larger one
Ukrainian :
сателі́т
(satelít)
— a body orbiting a larger one
Ukrainian :
супу́тник
(supútnyk)
— a body orbiting a larger one
Urdu :
سَیَّارْچَہ
(sayyārca)
— a body orbiting a larger one
Vietnamese :
vệ tinh
— a body orbiting a larger one
Welsh :
lleuad
— a body orbiting a larger one
Armenian :
արբանյակ
(arbanyak)
— country, state, office, building etc. under the control of another body
Bulgarian :
сатели́т
(satelít)
— country, state, office, building etc. under the control of another body
Dutch :
satellietstaat
— country, state, office, building etc. under the control of another body
Finnish :
vasallivaltio
— country, state, office, building etc. under the control of another body
Finnish :
nukkehallitus
— country, state, office, building etc. under the control of another body
Finnish :
sivutoimisto
— country, state, office, building etc. under the control of another body
Finnish :
haarakonttori
— country, state, office, building etc. under the control of another body
Finnish :
sivurakennus
— country, state, office, building etc. under the control of another body
Finnish :
sivu-
— country, state, office, building etc. under the control of another body
Finnish :
ala-
— country, state, office, building etc. under the control of another body
Greek :
δορυφόρος
(doryfóros)
— country, state, office, building etc. under the control of another body
Japanese :
衛星
(eisei)
— country, state, office, building etc. under the control of another body
Japanese :
サテライト
(sateraito)
— country, state, office, building etc. under the control of another body
Korean :
위성
(wiseong)
— country, state, office, building etc. under the control of another body
Korean :
괴뢰
(goeroe)
— country, state, office, building etc. under the control of another body
Russian :
сателли́т
(satellít)
— country, state, office, building etc. under the control of another body
Albanian :
satelit
— man-made apparatus designed to be placed in orbit around a celestial body
Arabic :
قَمَر اِصْطِنَاعِيّ
(qamar iṣṭināʕiyy)
— man-made apparatus designed to be placed in orbit around a celestial body
Armenian :
արբանյակ
(arbanyak)
— man-made apparatus designed to be placed in orbit around a celestial body
Azerbaijani :
peyk
— man-made apparatus designed to be placed in orbit around a celestial body
Basque :
satelite
— man-made apparatus designed to be placed in orbit around a celestial body
Belarusian :
спадаро́жнік
(spadaróžnik)
— man-made apparatus designed to be placed in orbit around a celestial body
Belarusian :
сатэлі́т
(satelít)
— man-made apparatus designed to be placed in orbit around a celestial body
Bengali :
উপগ্রহ
(upogroho)
— man-made apparatus designed to be placed in orbit around a celestial body
Bulgarian :
спъ́тник
(spǎ́tnik)
— man-made apparatus designed to be placed in orbit around a celestial body
Bulgarian :
сатели́т
(satelít)
— man-made apparatus designed to be placed in orbit around a celestial body
Burmese :
ဂြိုဟ်တု
(gruihtu.)
— man-made apparatus designed to be placed in orbit around a celestial body
Catalan :
satèl·lit
— man-made apparatus designed to be placed in orbit around a celestial body
Chinese Mandarin :
衛星 /卫星
(wèixīng)
— man-made apparatus designed to be placed in orbit around a celestial body
Chinese Mandarin :
人造衛星 /人造卫星
(rénzào wèixīng)
— man-made apparatus designed to be placed in orbit around a celestial body
Czech :
satelit
— man-made apparatus designed to be placed in orbit around a celestial body
Czech :
družice
— man-made apparatus designed to be placed in orbit around a celestial body
Danish :
satellit
— man-made apparatus designed to be placed in orbit around a celestial body
Dutch :
satelliet
— man-made apparatus designed to be placed in orbit around a celestial body
Dutch :
kunstmaan
— man-made apparatus designed to be placed in orbit around a celestial body
Esperanto :
satelito
— man-made apparatus designed to be placed in orbit around a celestial body
Estonian :
satelliit
— man-made apparatus designed to be placed in orbit around a celestial body
Faroese :
fylgisveinur
— man-made apparatus designed to be placed in orbit around a celestial body
Finnish :
satelliitti
— man-made apparatus designed to be placed in orbit around a celestial body
Finnish :
tekokuu
— man-made apparatus designed to be placed in orbit around a celestial body
French :
satellite
— man-made apparatus designed to be placed in orbit around a celestial body
Galician :
satélite
— man-made apparatus designed to be placed in orbit around a celestial body
Georgian :
ხელოვნური თანამგზავრი
(xelovnuri tanamgzavri)
— man-made apparatus designed to be placed in orbit around a celestial body
Georgian :
სატელიტი
(saṭeliṭi)
— man-made apparatus designed to be placed in orbit around a celestial body
German :
Satellit
— man-made apparatus designed to be placed in orbit around a celestial body
German :
Orbiter
— man-made apparatus designed to be placed in orbit around a celestial body
German :
umkreisender Raumflugkörper
— man-made apparatus designed to be placed in orbit around a celestial body
Greek :
δορυφόρος
(doryfóros)
— man-made apparatus designed to be placed in orbit around a celestial body
Hebrew :
לַוְיָן
(lavyán)
— man-made apparatus designed to be placed in orbit around a celestial body
Hindi :
उपग्रह
(upagrah)
— man-made apparatus designed to be placed in orbit around a celestial body
Hindi :
कृत्रिम उपग्रह
(kŕtrim upagrah)
— man-made apparatus designed to be placed in orbit around a celestial body
Hungarian :
műhold
— man-made apparatus designed to be placed in orbit around a celestial body
Icelandic :
gervitungl
— man-made apparatus designed to be placed in orbit around a celestial body
Icelandic :
gervihnöttur
— man-made apparatus designed to be placed in orbit around a celestial body
Indonesian :
satelit
— man-made apparatus designed to be placed in orbit around a celestial body
Indonesian :
satelit buatan
— man-made apparatus designed to be placed in orbit around a celestial body
Irish :
satailít
— man-made apparatus designed to be placed in orbit around a celestial body
Italian :
satellite
— man-made apparatus designed to be placed in orbit around a celestial body
Japanese :
人工衛星
(jinkō eisei)
— man-made apparatus designed to be placed in orbit around a celestial body
Japanese :
衛星
(eisei)
— man-made apparatus designed to be placed in orbit around a celestial body
Japanese :
サテライト
(sateraito)
— man-made apparatus designed to be placed in orbit around a celestial body
Kazakh :
серік
(serık)
— man-made apparatus designed to be placed in orbit around a celestial body
Khmer :
តារារណប
(taaraa rɔɔrɔnɑɑp)
— man-made apparatus designed to be placed in orbit around a celestial body
Korean :
인공위성
(in'gong'wiseong)
— man-made apparatus designed to be placed in orbit around a celestial body
Kyrgyz :
спутник
(sputnik)
— man-made apparatus designed to be placed in orbit around a celestial body
Kyrgyz :
сателлит
(satellit)
— man-made apparatus designed to be placed in orbit around a celestial body
Lao :
ດາວທຽມ
(dāo thīam)
— man-made apparatus designed to be placed in orbit around a celestial body
Latvian :
pavadonis
— man-made apparatus designed to be placed in orbit around a celestial body
Lithuanian :
palydovas
— man-made apparatus designed to be placed in orbit around a celestial body
Macedonian :
сатели́т
(satelít)
— man-made apparatus designed to be placed in orbit around a celestial body
Malay :
satelit
— man-made apparatus designed to be placed in orbit around a celestial body
Māori :
waka āmiorangi
— man-made apparatus designed to be placed in orbit around a celestial body
Mongolian :
хиймэл дагуул
(xiimel daguul)
— man-made apparatus designed to be placed in orbit around a celestial body
Mongolian :
ᢈᠢᠮᠡᠯ ᠳᠠᠭᠠᠭᠤᠯᠢ
— man-made apparatus designed to be placed in orbit around a celestial body
Norman :
satellite
— man-made apparatus designed to be placed in orbit around a celestial body
Norwegian Bokmål :
satelitt
— man-made apparatus designed to be placed in orbit around a celestial body
Iranian Persian :
ماهْوارِه
(mâhvâre)
— man-made apparatus designed to be placed in orbit around a celestial body
Iranian Persian :
قَمَرِ مَصْنوعی
(ġamar-e masnu'i)
— man-made apparatus designed to be placed in orbit around a celestial body
Polish :
sztuczny satelita
— man-made apparatus designed to be placed in orbit around a celestial body
Polish :
satelita
— man-made apparatus designed to be placed in orbit around a celestial body
Polish :
sputnik
— man-made apparatus designed to be placed in orbit around a celestial body
Portuguese :
satélite
— man-made apparatus designed to be placed in orbit around a celestial body
Romanian :
satelit
— man-made apparatus designed to be placed in orbit around a celestial body
Russian :
спу́тник
(spútnik)
— man-made apparatus designed to be placed in orbit around a celestial body
Russian :
сателли́т
(satellít)
— man-made apparatus designed to be placed in orbit around a celestial body
Serbo-Croatian :
сателит
— man-made apparatus designed to be placed in orbit around a celestial body
Serbo-Croatian :
satelit
— man-made apparatus designed to be placed in orbit around a celestial body
Shan :
လၢဝ်ပွမ်
(lǎao pǎum)
— man-made apparatus designed to be placed in orbit around a celestial body
Shan :
လၢဝ်ထဵမ်း
(lǎao tháem)
— man-made apparatus designed to be placed in orbit around a celestial body
Slovak :
umelá družica
— man-made apparatus designed to be placed in orbit around a celestial body
Slovak :
družica
— man-made apparatus designed to be placed in orbit around a celestial body
Slovene :
satelit
— man-made apparatus designed to be placed in orbit around a celestial body
Spanish :
satélite
— man-made apparatus designed to be placed in orbit around a celestial body
Swahili :
satelaiti
— man-made apparatus designed to be placed in orbit around a celestial body
Swedish :
satellit
— man-made apparatus designed to be placed in orbit around a celestial body
Tagalog :
buntabay
— man-made apparatus designed to be placed in orbit around a celestial body
Tagalog :
likhang buntabay
— man-made apparatus designed to be placed in orbit around a celestial body
Tajik :
моҳвора
(mohvora)
— man-made apparatus designed to be placed in orbit around a celestial body
Tamil :
செயற்கைக்கோள்
(ceyaṟkaikkōḷ)
— man-made apparatus designed to be placed in orbit around a celestial body
Thai :
ดาวเทียม
(daao-tiiam)
— man-made apparatus designed to be placed in orbit around a celestial body
Turkish :
uydu
— man-made apparatus designed to be placed in orbit around a celestial body
Turkish :
yapay uydu
— man-made apparatus designed to be placed in orbit around a celestial body
Turkmen :
hemra
— man-made apparatus designed to be placed in orbit around a celestial body
Ukrainian :
супу́тник
(supútnyk)
— man-made apparatus designed to be placed in orbit around a celestial body
Ukrainian :
сателі́т
(satelít)
— man-made apparatus designed to be placed in orbit around a celestial body
Urdu :
مَصْنُوعی سَیَّارْچَہ
(masnū'ī sayyārca)
— man-made apparatus designed to be placed in orbit around a celestial body
Uyghur :
ھەمرا
(hemra)
— man-made apparatus designed to be placed in orbit around a celestial body
Uzbek :
sputnik
— man-made apparatus designed to be placed in orbit around a celestial body
Uzbek :
yoʻldosh
— man-made apparatus designed to be placed in orbit around a celestial body
Uzbek :
satellit
— man-made apparatus designed to be placed in orbit around a celestial body
Vietnamese :
vệ tinh
— man-made apparatus designed to be placed in orbit around a celestial body
Vietnamese :
vệ tinh nhân tạo
— man-made apparatus designed to be placed in orbit around a celestial body
Welsh :
lloeren
— man-made apparatus designed to be placed in orbit around a celestial body
Bulgarian :
сатели́тна телеви́зия
(satelítna televízija)
— colloquial: satellite TV
Finnish :
satelliittitelkkari
— colloquial: satellite TV
Greek :
δορυφορική
(doryforikí)
— colloquial: satellite TV
Japanese :
衛星放送
(eisei hōsō)
— colloquial: satellite TV
Korean :
위성방송
(wiseongbangsong)
— colloquial: satellite TV
Russian :
спу́тниковое ТВ
(spútnikovoje TV)
— colloquial: satellite TV
Russian :
спу́тниковое телеви́дение
(spútnikovoje televídenije)
— colloquial: satellite TV
Tamil :
செய்மதி தொலைக்காட்சி
(ceymati tolaikkāṭci)
— colloquial: satellite TV
Turkish :
uydu
— colloquial: satellite TV
Turkmen :
hemra
— colloquial: satellite TV
Vietnamese :
truyền hình vệ tinh
— colloquial: satellite TV
Chinese Mandarin :
衛星 /卫星
(wèixīng)
— grammatical construct
French :
satellite
— grammatical construct
