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Satellite
ˈsatəlʌɪt
Satellite definitions
noun
satellite
satellites
- an artificial body placed in orbit round the earth or moon or another planet in order to collect information or for communication
"a communications satellite"
- transmitted by satellite; using or relating to satellite technology
"satellite broadcasting"
- satellite television
"a news service on satellite"
- a celestial body orbiting the earth or another planetmoon secondary planet
- something that is separated from or on the periphery of something else but is nevertheless dependent on or controlled by it
"satellite offices in London and New York"
- a small country or state politically or economically dependent on another
"the Soviet Union and its satellite states"
- a community or town dependent on a nearby larger town
"with good motorway and rail links, satellite towns like Thornbury have grown rapidly"
- a portion of the DNA of a genome with repeating base sequences and of different density from the main sequence