satellite

Meaning of satellite

noun
  1. A moon or other smaller body orbiting a larger one.
    A spent upper stage is a derelict satellite.
  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.
  3. A country, state, office, building etc. which is under the jurisdiction, influence, or domination of another body.
  4. An attendant on an important person; a member of someone's retinue, often in a somewhat derogatory sense; a henchman.
  5. Satellite TV; reception of television broadcasts via services that utilize man-made satellite technology.
    Do you have satellite at your house?
  6. (grammar) 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".

verb

To transmit by satellite.

Information about satellite

Hyphenation of satellite

satel-lite

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 9 chars.
  • satellite is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

satellite synonyms

Meaning artificial satellite:

orbiter

Meaning planet:

planet

Meaning :

sat

Translation of satellite

Anagrams of satellite

telestial

Words that rhyme with satellite

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