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Satellite

noun

Man-made equipment that orbits around the earth or the moon. Synonyms: artificial satellite, orbiter.

A person who follows or serves another. Synonym: planet.

Any celestial body orbiting around a planet or star.

verb

Broadcast or disseminate via satellite.

adjective

Surrounding and dominated by a central authority or power.

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"Satellite" Quotes from Famous Books

... a little steamer came alongside the Ladoga, into which the passengers and their luggage were transferred, to be conveyed up to Saint Petersburg under charge of a party of the militarily-equipped custom-house officers. The little satellite shoved off from the side of the big steamer, the master stood on the taffrail with his hat in his hand, the passengers waved theirs; and thus they bade farewell, most of them for ever, to the ill-fated Ladoga. After leaving the mole, ...

— Fred Markham in Russia - The Boy Travellers in the Land of the Czar • W. H. G. Kingston

... full vision came on. The planet on which they would land loomed huge before them, its north pole toward them, and its single satellite on the port side. There was no sign of any rocket-boat in either side screen, and the rear-view screen was a blur of ...

— Genesis • H. Beam Piper

... 5 o'clock news and hear the latest on our satellite," Carol replied. She went to the RDF and switched it on to the standard broadcast channel. "Anyhow, I'd feel better if we could put out a signal. The way we're limping along with water in our gas is no ...

— The Day of the Dog • Anderson Horne

... story suggests, we still haven't caught up with Verne. Even in our era of satellite dishes and video games, the seas keep their secrets. We've seen progress in sonar, torpedoes, and other belligerent machinery, but sailors and scientists— to say nothing of tourists—have yet to voyage in a submarine with the luxury and efficiency ...

— 20000 Leagues Under the Seas • Jules Verne

... contrast. The bands of Jupiter in their turn were more notably distinct; their variety of colour as well as the contrast of light and shade much more definite, and their irregularities more unmistakable. A satellite was approaching the disc, and this afforded me an opportunity of realising with especial clearness the difference between observation through seventy or a hundred miles of terrestrial atmosphere outside the object glass and observation in space. The two discs were perfectly rounded and separately ...

— Across the Zodiac • Percy Greg

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