[sat-l-ahyt] 
| 1. | Astronomy. a natural body that revolves around a planet; a moon. |
| 2. | a country under the domination or influence of another. |
| 3. | something, as a branch office or an off-campus facility of a university, that depends on, accompanies, or serves something else. |
| 4. | an attendant or follower of another person, often subservient or obsequious in manner. |
| 5. | a device designed to be launched into orbit around the earth, another planet, the sun, etc. |
| 6. | of, pertaining to, or constituting a satellite: the nation's new satellite program. |
| 7. | subordinate to another authority, outside power, or the like: summoned to a conference of satellite nations. |
| sat·el·lite (sāt'l-īt') n.
[French, hanger-on, hireling, from Old French, from Latin satelles, satellit-.] |
In politics, a nation that is dominated politically by another. The Warsaw Pact nations, other than the former Soviet Union itself, were commonly called satellites of the Soviet Union.
Any object in orbit about some body capable of exerting a gravitational (see gravitation) force. Artificial satellites in orbit around the Earth have many uses, including relaying communication signals, making accurate surveys and inventories of the Earth's surface and weather patterns, and carrying out scientific experiments.
satellite sat·el·lite (sāt'l-īt')
n.
A minor structure accompanying a more important or larger one.
A short segment of a chromosome separated from the rest by a constriction, typically associated with the formation of a nucleolus.
A colony of microorganisms whose growth in culture medium is enhanced by certain substances produced by another colony in its proximity.
satellite (sāt'l-īt') Pronunciation Key
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