Satellite

satellite
    adj 1: surrounding and dominated by a central authority or
           power; "a city and its satellite communities"
    n 1: man-made equipment that orbits around the earth or the moon
         [syn: {satellite}, {artificial satellite}, {orbiter}]
    2: a person who follows or serves another [syn: {satellite},
       {planet}]
    3: any celestial body orbiting around a planet or star
    v 1: broadcast or disseminate via satellite
    

Satellite \Sat"el*lite\, n. [F., fr. L. satelles, -itis, an
   attendant.]
   1. An attendant attached to a prince or other powerful
      person; hence, an obsequious dependent. "The satellites of
      power." --I. Disraeli.
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   2. (Astron.) A secondary planet which revolves about another
      planet; as, the moon is a satellite of the earth. See
      {Solar system}, under {Solar}.
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   {Satellite moth} (Zool.), a handsome European noctuid moth
      ({Scopelosoma satellitia}).
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Satellite \Sat"el*lite\, a. (Anat.)
   Situated near; accompanying; as, the satellite veins, those
   which accompany the arteries.
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219 Moby Thesaurus words for "satellite":
      ATDA, ATS, Alouette, Anna, Apollo, Ariel, Atlas-Score,
      Biosatellite, Comsat, Cosmos, Courier, Diapason, Discoverer, ERS,
      Early Bird, Echo, Elektron, Explorer, GATV, Gemini, Injun,
      Intelsat, Lofti, Luna, Lunar Orbiter, Lunik, Mariner, Mars probes,
      Mercury, Midas, Nimbus, OAO, OGO, OSO, Pageos, Pegasus, Pioneer,
      Proton, Ranger, Relay, Samos, San Marco, Secor, Sputnik, Surveyor,
      Syncom, Telstar, Transit, Vanguard, Viking, Voskhod, WRESAT, Zond,
      accompanying, acolyte, adherent, aide, aide-de-camp, ally,
      ancillary, appendage, archduchy, archdukedom, artificial satellite,
      artificial satellites, assistant, attendance, attendant, attending,
      body of retainers, body politic, buff, buffer state,
      captive nation, cavaliere servente, chieftaincy, chieftainry,
      city-state, cohort, coincident, collateral, colony, commonweal,
      commonwealth, communications satellite, cortege, country, county,
      court, courtier, creature, crescent, crescent moon, dangler,
      decrescent, decrescent moon, demilune, dependant, dependent,
      disciple, domain, dominion, duchy, dukedom, dummy, earldom, empery,
      empire, entourage, fan, favorite, figurehead, flunky, follower,
      following, free city, full moon, geo probe, geodetic satellite,
      geophysical satellite, gibbous moon, gillie, goon, grand duchy,
      half-moon, hanger-on, harvest moon, heeler, helper, henchman,
      homme de cour, incident, increscent, increscent moon, jackal,
      kingdom, lackey, land, lieutenant, man, mandant, mandate,
      mandated territory, mandatee, mandatory, minion, moon, myrmidon,
      nation, nationality, navigational satellite, new moon,
      orb of night, parasite, partisan, polis, polity, possession, power,
      principality, principate, probe, protectorate, province, public,
      puppet, puppet government, puppet regime, pursuer, pursuivant,
      queen of heaven, queen of night, realm, republic,
      research satellite, retainer, retinue, right-hand man,
      robot satellite, rout, sectary, seneschalty, servant, settlement,
      shadow, sidekick, silvery moon, sovereign nation, space probe,
      space satellite, spacecraft, sputnik, state, stooge, successor,
      suite, sultanate, superpower, supporter, sycophant, tagtail, tail,
      territory, the wandering Moon, thug, toparchia, toparchy, train,
      trainbearer, unmanned satellite, vassal, votary,
      waning crescent moon, waning moon, ward heeler,
      waxing crescent moon, waxing moon, weather satellite, wet moon