Definitions for satellite

• Definition
• Anagrams (310)

satellite sat·el·lite

Spelling: [sat-l-ahyt]

IPA: /ˈsæt lˌaɪt/

Satellite is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 310 anagrams from letters in satellite (aeeillstt).

Definitions for satellite

noun

1. Astronomy. a natural body that revolves around a planet; a moon.
2. a country under the domination or influence of another.
3. something, as a branch office or an off-campus facility of a university, that depends on, accompanies, or serves something else.
4. an attendant or follower of another person, often subservient or obsequious in manner.
5. a device designed to be launched into orbit around the earth, another planet, the sun, etc.

adjective

1. of, relating to, or constituting a satellite:
2. using an earth-orbiting satellite to transmit communications signals; transmitted or broadcast by satellite:
3. subordinate to another authority, outside power, or the like:

Origin of satellite

1540-50; 1955-60 for def 2; Latin satellit- (stem of satelles) attendant, member of bodyguard or retinue

Examples for satellite

He was familiar with the fourth satellite of Jupiter and its fertile provinces.

Gibson was glad, after they had landed on the satellite, that he had taken the advice.

Thus the report on the Guy Fawkes effigies, which also was picked up by RT, the English-language Russian satellite channel.

All ISIS logistics and dispositions in the field are observable by drone and satellite.

As they blasted, Strett's satellite began to move out of its orbit.

He beckoned to his Chinese satellite and walked leisurely to the door.

The program, satellite Sentinel Project, is designed to document and deter atrocities against civilians.

Clooney heads the satellite Sentinel Project, which monitors human rights abuses.

The ship swerved and headed for the Martian satellite to which he had been directed.

As a result, a satellite passing over a higher-mass region would speed up very slightly, and slow down over a lower-mass one.