Definition of "satellite" in 英语

noun

1. 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. 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. A country, state, office, building etc. which is under the jurisdiction, influence, or domination of another body.

4. (now rare) An attendant on an important person; a member of someone's retinue, often in a somewhat derogatory sense; a henchman.

5. (colloquial, uncountable) Satellite TV; reception of television broadcasts via services that use man-made satellite technology.

   • Do you have satellite at your house?

6. (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".

7. (genetics) A very large array of tandemly repeating, non-coding DNA.

8. A community or town dependent on a larger town or city nearby.

verb

1. (broadcasting, transitive) To transmit by satellite.