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Pronunciation : Sat"el*lite
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [F., fr. L. Stelles, -itis, an attendant.]
Definition : 1. An attendant attached to a prince or other powerful person; hence, an obsequious dependent. "The satellites of power." I. Disraeli.
2. (Astron.)
Defn: A secondary planet which revolves about another planet; as, the moon is a satellite of the earth. See Solar system, under Solar. Satellite moth (Zo?l.), a handsome European noctuid moth (Scopelosoma satellitia).
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : Sat"el*lite
Part of Speech : a.
Definition : Defn: Situated near; accompanying; as, the satellite veins, those which accompany the arteries.
(Anat.)
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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