satellite
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Danh từ
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.
(archaic)(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.
Động từ
verb- 1.
(transitive)(broadcasting, transitive) To transmit by satellite.
- 2.
To orbit, like a satellite
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From Middle French satellite, from Latin satelles (attendant). Ultimately perhaps of ett origin.