Meaning

8 senses
  1. A moon or other smaller body orbiting a larger one.

    The Moon is a natural satellite of the Earth.

    A spent upper stage is a derelict satellite.

    Trabant, Begleiter, Satellit

    сателли́тsatellít, спу́тникspútnik

    сателі́тsatelít, супу́тникsupútnyk

    any celestial body orbiting around a planet or star

  2. 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.

    Satellit, Orbiter, umkreisender Raumflugkörper

    спу́тникspútnik, сателли́тsatellít

    супу́тникsupútnyk, сателі́тsatelít

    man-made equipment that orbits around the earth or the moon

  3. A country, state, office, building etc. which is under the jurisdiction, influence, or domination of another body.

    сателли́тsatellít

  4. (colloquial, uncountable)Satellite TV; reception of television broadcasts via services that use man-made satellite technology.

    Do you have satellite at your house?

    спу́тниковое ТВspútnikovoje TV, спу́тниковое телеви́дениеspútnikovoje televídenije

  5. 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".

  6. A very large array of tandemly repeating, non-coding DNA.

  7. A community or town dependent on a larger town or city nearby.

  8. (archaic)An attendant on an important person; a member of someone's retinue, often in a somewhat derogatory sense; a henchman.

    Begleiter, Gefolgsmann

    провожа́тыйprovožátyj, провожа́таяprovožátaja

Examples

137 sentences
  1. The satellite is in orbit around the moon.

    Супутник знаходиться на навколомісячній орбіті.

    ruСпутник находится на окололунной орбите.

    deDer Satellit ist in einer Umlaufbahn um den Mond.

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  2. The satellite is now in orbit.

    ruСпутник сейчас на орбите.

    deDer Satellit befindet sich jetzt in seiner Umlaufbahn.

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  3. The moon is the earth's only satellite.

    Місяць — єдиний супутник Землі.

    ruЛуна - единственный спутник Земли.

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  4. Today our artificial satellites are revolving around the earth.

    Сьогодні наші штучні супутники обертаються навколо Землі.

    ruСегодня наши искусственные спутники вращаются вокруг Земли.

    deHeute umkreisen unsere künstlichen Satelliten die Erde.

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  5. A large number of satellites orbit Earth.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
a body orbiting a larger one:
Русский
By meaning 3
a body orbiting a larger one:
attendant on an important person:
colloquial: satellite TV:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
a body orbiting a larger one:
man-made apparatus designed to be placed in orbit around a celestial body:
attendant on an important person:

Origin

From Middle French satellite, from Latin satelles (“attendant”). Ultimately perhaps of Etr

From Middle French satellite, from Latin satelles (“attendant”). Ultimately perhaps of Etruscan origin.

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