satellite

satellite
sat|el|lite [ˈsætılaıt] n
[Date: 1500-1600; : French; Origin: Latin satelles 'personal servant or guard']
1.) a machine that has been sent into space and goes around the Earth, moon etc, used for radio, television, and other electronic communication
▪ the launch of a communications and weather satellite
via/by satellite
(=using a satellite)
▪ This broadcast comes live via satellite from New York.
2.) a natural object that moves around a ↑planet
▪ The moon is a satellite of the Earth.
3.) a country, area, or organization that is controlled by or is dependent on another larger one
▪ the former Soviet satellite country of Lithuania
4.) a town that has developed next to a large city
▪ We stayed in Aurora, a satellite suburb of Chicago.

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