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. — deniko

    ruСпутник находится на окололунной орбите. — al_ex_an_der

    deDer Satellit ist in einer Umlaufbahn um den Mond. — Esperantostern

  2. The satellite is now in orbit.

    ruСпутник сейчас на орбите. — ae5s

    deDer Satellit befindet sich jetzt in seiner Umlaufbahn. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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

    Місяць — єдиний супутник Землі. — deniko

    ruЛуна - единственный спутник Земли. — Tonari

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

    Сьогодні наші штучні супутники обертаються навколо Землі. — ascolto

    ruСегодня наши искусственные спутники вращаются вокруг Земли. — Hellerick

    deHeute umkreisen unsere künstlichen Satelliten die Erde. — Yorwba

  5. A large number of satellites orbit Earth.

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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