| satellite | |
| 1. n. 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. | |
| 2. n. 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. n. A country, state, office, building etc. which is under the jurisdiction, influence, or domination of another body. | |
| 4. n. (now rare) An attendant on an important person; a member of someone's retinue, often in a somewhat derogatory sense; a henchman. | |
| 5. n. (colloquial) Satellite TV; reception of television broadcasts via services that utilize man-made satellite technology. | |
| Do you have satellite at your house? | |
| 6. n. (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". | |
