satellite
noun
[ ˈsatəlʌɪt ]
• an artificial body placed in orbit round the earth or moon or another planet in order to collect information or for communication.
• "a communications satellite"
Similar:
space station,
space capsule,
spacecraft,
artificial satellite,
communications satellite,
weather satellite,
television satellite,
sputnik,
COBE,
IRAS,
Comsat,
• a celestial body orbiting the earth or another planet.
• something that is separated from or on the periphery of something else but is nevertheless dependent on or controlled by it.
• "satellite offices in London and New York"
• a portion of the DNA of a genome with repeating base sequences and of different density from the main sequence.
Origin:
mid 16th century (in the sense ‘follower, obsequious underling’): from French satellite or Latin satelles, satellit- ‘attendant’.
