Satellite

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Satellite \Sat"el*lite\, n. [F., fr. L. satelles, -itis, an
     attendant.]
     1. An attendant attached to a prince or other powerful
        person; hence, an obsequious dependent. "The satellites of
        power." --I. Disraeli.
        [1913 Webster]


  
     2. (Astron.) A secondary planet which revolves about another
        planet; as, the moon is a satellite of the earth. See
        {Solar system}, under {Solar}.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     {Satellite moth} (Zool.), a handsome European noctuid moth
        ({Scopelosoma satellitia}).
        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Satellite \Sat"el*lite\, a. (Anat.)
     Situated near; accompanying; as, the satellite veins, those
     which accompany the arteries.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  satellite
       adj : surrounding and dominated by a central authority or power;
             "a city and its satellite communities"
       n 1: man-made equipment that orbits around the earth or the moon
            [syn: {artificial satellite}, {orbiter}]
       2: a person who follows or serves another [syn: {planet}]
       3: any celestial body orbiting around a planet or star
       v : broadcast or disseminate via satellite

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  219 Moby Thesaurus words for "satellite":
     ATDA, ATS, Alouette, Anna, Apollo, Ariel, Atlas-Score,
     Biosatellite, Comsat, Cosmos, Courier, Diapason, Discoverer, ERS,
     Early Bird, Echo, Elektron, Explorer, GATV, Gemini, Injun,
     Intelsat, Lofti, Luna, Lunar Orbiter, Lunik, Mariner, Mars probes,
     Mercury, Midas, Nimbus, OAO, OGO, OSO, Pageos, Pegasus, Pioneer,
     Proton, Ranger, Relay, Samos, San Marco, Secor, Sputnik, Surveyor,
     Syncom, Telstar, Transit, Vanguard, Viking, Voskhod, WRESAT, Zond,
     accompanying, acolyte, adherent, aide, aide-de-camp, ally,
     ancillary, appendage, archduchy, archdukedom, artificial satellite,
     artificial satellites, assistant, attendance, attendant, attending,
     body of retainers, body politic, buff, buffer state,
     captive nation, cavaliere servente, chieftaincy, chieftainry,
     city-state, cohort, coincident, collateral, colony, commonweal,
     commonwealth, communications satellite, cortege, country, county,
     court, courtier, creature, crescent, crescent moon, dangler,
     decrescent, decrescent moon, demilune, dependant, dependent,
     disciple, domain, dominion, duchy, dukedom, dummy, earldom, empery,
     empire, entourage, fan, favorite, figurehead, flunky, follower,
     following, free city, full moon, geo probe, geodetic satellite,
     geophysical satellite, gibbous moon, gillie, goon, grand duchy,
     half-moon, hanger-on, harvest moon, heeler, helper, henchman,
     homme de cour, incident, increscent, increscent moon, jackal,
     kingdom, lackey, land, lieutenant, man, mandant, mandate,
     mandated territory, mandatee, mandatory, minion, moon, myrmidon,
     nation, nationality, navigational satellite, new moon,
     orb of night, parasite, partisan, polis, polity, possession, power,
     principality, principate, probe, protectorate, province, public,
     puppet, puppet government, puppet regime, pursuer, pursuivant,
     queen of heaven, queen of night, realm, republic,
     research satellite, retainer, retinue, right-hand man,
     robot satellite, rout, sectary, seneschalty, servant, settlement,
     shadow, sidekick, silvery moon, sovereign nation, space probe,
     space satellite, spacecraft, sputnik, state, stooge, successor,
     suite, sultanate, superpower, supporter, sycophant, tagtail, tail,
     territory, the wandering Moon, thug, toparchia, toparchy, train,
     trainbearer, unmanned satellite, vassal, votary,
     waning crescent moon, waning moon, ward heeler,
     waxing crescent moon, waxing moon, weather satellite, wet moon