satellite
satellite: n. & adj. --n.
1 a celestial body orbiting the earth or another planet.
2 an artificial body placed in orbit round the earth or another planet.
3 a follower; a hanger-on.
4 an underling; a member of an important person's staff or retinue.
5 (in full satellite State) a small country etc. nominally independent but controlled by or dependent on another. --adj.
1 transmitted by satellite (satellite communications; satellite television).
2 esp. Computing secondary; dependent; minor (networks of small satellite computers). satellite dish a concave dish-shaped aerial for receiving broadcasting signals transmitted by satellite. satellite town a small town economically or otherwise dependent on a nearby larger town. satellitic adj. satellitism n. [F satellite or L satelles satellitis attendant]
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