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satellite
English
Etymology
From Middle French satellite, from Latin satelles (“attendant”). Ultimately perhaps of Etruscan origin.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?sæt?la?t/
Noun
satellite (plural satellites)
- A moon or other smaller body orbiting a larger one. [from 17th c.]
- A man-made apparatus designed to be placed in orbit around a celestial body, generally to relay information, data etc. to Earth. [from 20th c.]
- Many telecommunication satellites orbit at 36000km above the equator.
- A country, state, office, building etc. which is under the jurisdiction, influence, or domination of another body. [from 19th c.]
- (now rare) An attendant on an important person; a member of someone's retinue, often in a somewhat derogatory sense; a henchman. [from 16th c.]
- 1826, Walter Scott, Woodstock, p.348:
- […] he would nevertheless have a better bargain of this tall satellite if they settled the debate betwixt them in the forest […]. Betwixt anxiety, therefore, vexation, and anger, Charles faced suddenly round on his pursuer […].
- 1948, Willard E. Hawkins, The Technique of Fiction: A Basic Course in Story Writing, p.169:
- The unnamed chronicler in his Dupin stories was the first Dr. Watson type of satellite—a narrator who accompanies the detective on his exploits, exclaims over his brilliance […].
- 1826, Walter Scott, Woodstock, p.348:
- (colloquial, uncountable) Satellite TV; reception of television broadcasts via services that utilize man-made satellite technology. [from 20th c.]
- Do you have satellite at your house?
- (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".
Usage notes
- The man-made telecommunication objects are sometimes called artificial satellites to distinguish them from natural satellites such as the Moon.
Synonyms
- (artificial orbital body): sat (abbreviation)
Hyponyms
Derived terms
- intersatellite
Related terms
Translations
See also
- (moon of Earth) Luna/?Moon/?moon [edit]
- (moons of Mars) Phobos, Deimos
- (moons of Jupiter) Metis, Adrastea, Amalthea, Thebe, Io, Europa, Ganymede, Callisto, Themisto, Leda, Himalia, Lysithea, Elara, Euporie, Thelxinoe, Euanthe, Helike, Orthosie, Iocaste, Praxidike, Harpalyke, Mneme, Hermippe, Thyone, Ananke, Herse, Aitne, Kale, Taygete, Chaldene, Erinome, Aoede, Kallichore, Kalyke, Carme, Callirrhoe, Eurydome, Pasithee, Kore, Cyllene, Eukelade, Pasiphaë, Hegemone, Arche, Isonoe, Sinope, Sponde, Autonoe, Megaclite
- (moons of Saturn) Pan, Daphnis, Atlas, Prometheus, Pandora, Epimetheus, Janus, Aegaeon, Mimas, Methone, Anthe, Pallene, Enceladus, Tethys, Telesto, Calypso, Dione, Helene, Polydeuces, Rhea, Titan, Hyperyon, Iapetus, Kiviuq, Ijiraq, Phoebe, Paaliaq, Skathi, Albiorix, Bebhionn, Erriapus, Skoll, Siamaq, Tarqeq, Greip, Hyrrokin, Jarnsaxa, Tarvos, Mundilfari, Bergelmir, Narvi, Suttungr, Hati, Farbauti, Thrymr, Aegir, Bestla, Fenrir, Surtur, Kari, Ymir, Loge, Fornjot
- (moons of Uranus) Cordelia, Ophelia, Bianca, Cressida, Desdemona, Juliet, Portia, Rosalind, Cupid, Belinda, Perdita, Puck, Mab, Miranda, Ariel, Umbriel, Titania, Oberon, Francisco, Caliban, Stephano, Trinculo, Sycorax, Margaret, Prospero, Setebos, Ferdinand
- (moons of Neptune) Naiad, Thalassa, Despina, Galatea, Larissa, Proteus, Triton, Nereid, Halimede, Sao, Laomedeia, Psamathe, Neso
- (moons of Pluto) Charon, Styx, Nix, Kerberos, Hydra
- (moons of Haumea) Namaka, Hi?iaka
- (moons of Eris) Dysnomia
Verb
satellite (third-person singular simple present satellites, present participle satelliting, simple past and past participle satellited)
- (broadcasting, transitive) To transmit by satellite.
- 1997, Alvin A. Snyder, Warriors of Disinformation (page 160)
- It had to speed up its efforts to participate in the international satellite television market. In the summer of 1986 it began satelliting TV programs to Africa, and in early 1987, to Asia and twenty countries in Latin America […]
- 1997, Alvin A. Snyder, Warriors of Disinformation (page 160)
Anagrams
- telestial
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin satellitem (accusative singular of satelles).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sa.t?.lit/, /sa.te.lit/
Noun
satellite m (plural satellites)
- satellite (moon or other celestial body)
- satellite (man-made apparatus)
Adjective
satellite (plural satellites)
- satellite, from or relating to a satellite (man-made apparatus)
- 2013, Jean-Noël Marien, Émilien Dubiez, Dominique Louppe, Adélaïde Larzillière, Quand la ville mange la forêt: les défis du bois-énergie en Afrique centrale, page 45, ?ISBN
- Le couvert végétal du basin d’approvisionnement en bois-énergie de la ville de Kinshasa a été cartographié par images satellites
- 2013, Jean-Noël Marien, Émilien Dubiez, Dominique Louppe, Adélaïde Larzillière, Quand la ville mange la forêt: les défis du bois-énergie en Afrique centrale, page 45, ?ISBN
Derived terms
- image satellite
Related terms
- satellisation
- satelliser
Further reading
- “satellite” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Italian
Etymology
From Latin satelles (“attendant”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sa?t?l.li.te/
Noun
satellite m (plural satelliti)
- satellite
Adjective
satellite (invariable)
- (relational) satellite
Related terms
Anagrams
- allestite
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /sa?tel.li.te/, [s?ä?t??l???t??]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /sa?tel.li.te/, [s??t??l?it??]
Noun
satellite
- ablative singular of satelles
Middle French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin satellitem, accusative singular of satelles.
Noun
satellite m (plural satellites)
- (military, Antiquity) a guard or watchman
Descendants
- English: satellite
- French: satellite
References
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (satellite, supplement)
Norman
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
satellite f (plural satellites)
- (Jersey) satellite
Derived terms
- bolle à satellite (“satellite dish”)
- télévîsion dé satellite (“satellite television”)
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selenoid
English
Etymology
seleno- +? -oid
Adjective
selenoid (comparative more selenoid, superlative most selenoid)
- crescent-shaped
Noun
selenoid (plural selenoids)
- any satellite of the Earth's moon (none of which are known)
See also
- selenic
- solenoid
Anagrams
- enediols, enolised, esloined, lesioned
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