亚洲网紅露点

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satellite

[ sat-l-ahyt ]

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.

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  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:

    the nation's new satellite program.

  2. using an earth-orbiting satellite to transmit communications signals; transmitted or broadcast by satellite:

    satellite radio and TV.

  3. subordinate to another authority, outside power, or the like:

    summoned to a conference of satellite nations.

satellite

/ 藞蝉忙迟蓹藢濒补瑟迟 /

noun

  1. a celestial body orbiting around a planet or star

    the earth is a satellite of the sun

  2. Also calledartificial satellite a man-made device orbiting around the earth, moon, or another planet transmitting to earth scientific information or used for communication See also communications satellite
  3. a person, esp one who is obsequious, who follows or serves another
  4. a country or political unit under the domination of a foreign power
  5. a subordinate area or community that is dependent upon a larger adjacent town or city
  6. modifier subordinate to or dependent upon another

    a satellite nation

  7. modifier of, used in, or relating to the transmission of television signals from a satellite to the house

    a satellite dish aerial

鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. tr to transmit by communications satellite
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

satellite

  1. A small body in orbit around a larger body.
  2. See Note at moon
  3. An object launched to orbit Earth or another celestial body. Satellites are used for research, communications, weather information, and navigation. The first artificial Earth satellite was Sputnik 1, launched by the Soviet Union in October 1957; the first successful American satellite was launched in January 1958.

satellite

1
  1. In politics, a nation that is dominated politically by another. The Warsaw Pact nations, other than the former Soviet Union itself, were commonly called satellites of the Soviet Union.

satellite

2
  1. Any object in orbit about some body capable of exerting a gravitational ( see gravitation ) force . Artificial satellites in orbit around the Earth have many uses, including relaying communication signals, making accurate surveys and inventories of the Earth's surface and weather patterns, and carrying out scientific experiments.

satellite

3
  1. In astronomy , an object, whether natural (such as the moon ) or artificial (such as a weather observation satellite), that revolves around a central body. ( See under 鈥淲orld Politics.鈥 )
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 蝉补迟顎侥濒路濒颈迟顎卐诲 adjective
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of satellite1

1540鈥50; 1955鈥60 satellite fordef 2; < Latin satellit- (stem of satelles ) attendant, member of bodyguard or retinue
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of satellite1

C16: from Latin satelles an attendant, probably of Etruscan origin
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The IMF's boffins say they can start to see the impact from space as satellites track fewer, increasingly empty ships leaving China's ports.

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The BBC has also analysed satellite images to illustrate two of the biggest burns this year.

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That's partly because scientists have only been able to use satellites for a few decades to observe about 10 cases of ice shelves collapsing - hence the desire to look for examples further back in time.

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The company took most of its pay-per-view events in house, aware that half the revenue was being lost to satellite companies.

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The US has dismantled large parts of a camp built to house migrants at the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, satellite images reviewed by BBC Verify show.

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