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Satellites

satellite

1. An attendant attached to a prince or other powerful person; hence, an obsequious dependent. The satellites of power.

2. (Science: astronomy) A secondary planet which revolves about another planet; as, the moon is a satellite of the earth. See solar system, under Solar.

(Science: zoology) Satellite moth, a handsome European noctuid moth (Scopelosoma satellitia).

Origin: F, fr. L. Stelles, -itis, an attendant.

(Science: anatomy) Situated near; accompanying; as, the satellite veins, those which accompany the arteries.


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