satellite
A moon or other smaller body orbiting a larger one.
Example
“The Moon is a natural satellite of the Earth.”
Other meanings
A man-made apparatus designed to be placed in orbit around a celestial body, generally to relay information, data etc. to Earth.
“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.
Synonyms
- artificial satellite
- orbiter
A kind of
- equipment
Kinds of satellite
- astronomy satellite
- communications satellite
- spacecraft
- space station
- weather satellite
Related words
- satellitization
- satphone
- satellite galaxy
- alphasatellite
- adenosatellite
- antisatellite
- biosatellite
- geosatellite
- hypersatellite
- INMARSAT
- intrasatellite
- macrosatellite
Word history
From Latin "satelles" (attendant).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “satellite” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.