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(thing) by MasterD (7.3 y) (print) ? Sat Nov 13 1999 at 9:27:28

Either natural (like a moon) or artificial (like the machines the NSA uses to spy on the life of average citizens of the state), a satellite refers to a smaller object that revolves around a bigger object. Originally an attendant for a person of importance. Also a name of a moth or humming-bird.

(thing) by Eraser_ (4.4 y) (print) ? Sun Nov 05 2000 at 21:59:03

satellite: in genetics, a small mass attached to the end of the short arm of some chromosomes.

(definition) by Webster 1913 (print) Wed Dec 22 1999 at 2:51:57

Sat"el*lite (?), n. [F., fr. L. Stelles, -itis, an attendant.]

An attendant attached to a prince or other powerful person; hence, an obsequious dependent.

"The satellites of power."

I. Disraeli.

A secondary planet which revolves about another planet; as, the moon is a satellite of the earth. See Solar system, under Solar.

Satellite moth Zool., a handsome European noctuid moth (Scopelosoma satellitia).

Sat"el*lite, a. Anat.

Situated near; accompanying; as, the satellite veins, those which accompany the arteries.

The ISP Bandwidth Conspiracy	Satellites of the Planets	The Day of the Triffids	KH-11
Under the Table and Dreaming	Dish Network	Radio Frequency Spectrum	Is America turning into a country full of junkies?
NSA	Propulsive Microsatellites	INTELSAT	Sputnik
Natural American Spirit	VSAT	Satellite of Love	networking speeds
low noise amplifier	The Awful Truth	spy satellite	Boom Boom Satellites
Gyroscope	Evidence of Ocean on Europa	Ariane 5	Drogue

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