satellite
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Definition of satellite
2a
: a celestial body orbiting another of larger size
b
: a manufactured object or vehicle intended to orbit the earth, the moon, or another celestial body
3
: someone or something attendant, subordinate, or dependent
especially
: a country politically and economically dominated or controlled by another more powerful country
4
: a usually independent urban community situated near but not immediately adjacent to a large city
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Examples of satellite in a Sentence
Satellites help meteorologists predict the weather.
Images of the planet are sent by satellite.
Recent Examples on the Web
In previous days, satellite images had shown officials there repainted the launch pad blue. — Greg Norman | Fox News, Fox News, "Satellite images suggest Iranian rocket blew up on launch pad," 29 Aug. 2019 The Amazon is not the only place where forests are burning: satellite images show extensive fires in central Africa (in line with previous years) and in South-East Asia (slightly more than in the past few years). — The Economist, "Jair Bolsonaro shrugs as the Amazon burns," 23 Aug. 2019 The device refines data collected by the satellite images to determine the effects that algae has on the bay, which has struggled with the blooms for years. — Lee Bergquist, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "It's peak algae season. Here's what you should know about a toxic form, 'blue-green algae'," 19 Aug. 2019 Viasat is building a constellation of three additional broadband satellites, each with a terabyte of broadband capacity. — San Diego Union-Tribune, "Viasat gets boost from premium satellite Internet plans, government contracts," 9 Aug. 2019 In the weeks leading up to his ouster, INPE had released satellite image data showing the amount of deforestation that took place in the Amazon this past June was 88 percent higher than in the same month last year. — Jim Daley, Scientific American, "Brazil鈥檚 Sacked Space Director Speaks Out on Attacks on Science," 7 Aug. 2019 That phenomenon is glaring in satellite images of mobile home parks: Paradise Mobile Home Estates, Ridgewood Mobile Home Park, Pine Springs Mobile Home Park, Acres of Paradise Mobile Home Park. — AZCentral.com, "Of small communities across 11 states, more than 500 have a higher wildfire hazard potential than Paradise, Calif.," 23 July 2019 See how the potential hurricane is developing in the gallery above, according to National Weather Service satellite images. — Julian Gill, Houston Chronicle, "See how the potential hurricane in the Gulf is forming," 11 July 2019 The university's team, which includes Mengqiu Wang, discovered in satellite images that areas of this type of seaweed stretched across surface waters from West Africa to the Gulf of Mexico. — Marcus Lim, orlandosentinel.com, "Florida鈥檚 sargassum seaweed invasion will continue, study says," 5 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'satellite.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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More Definitions for satellite
satellite
noun
English Language Learners Definition of satellite
: an object (such as a moon) that moves around a much larger planet
: a machine that is sent into space and that moves around the earth, moon, sun, or a planet
: a country, organization, etc., that is controlled by a larger and more powerful country, organization, etc.
See the full definition for satellite in the English Language Learners Dictionary
satellite
noun
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Kids Definition of satellite
1
: a smaller body that revolves around a planet
2
: an object or vehicle sent out from the earth to revolve around the earth, moon, sun, or a planet
satellite
noun
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Medical Definition of satellite
1
: a short segment separated from the main body of a chromosome by a constriction
— called also trabant
2
: the secondary or later member of a chain of gregarines
3
: a bodily structure lying near or associated with another (as a vein accompanying an artery)
4
: a smaller lesion accompanying a main one and situated nearby
5
: a spectral line of low intensity having a frequency close to that of another stronger line to which it is closely related (as by having a common energy level)
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