(n)a television system in which the signal is transmitted to an orbiting satellite that receives the signal and amplifies it and transmits it back to earth, Syn.satellite TV
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. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. (Astron.) A secondary planet which revolves about another planet; as, the moon is a satellite of the earth. See Solar system, under Solar. [ 1913 Webster ]
Satellite moth (Zool.), a handsome European noctuid moth (Scopelosoma satellitia). [ 1913 Webster ]
[李建成, Lǐ Jiàn chéng, ㄌㄧˇ ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄔㄥˊ]Li Jiancheng (589-626), eldest son of first Tang emperor Li Yuan 唐高祖李淵|唐高祖李渊, murdered by his brother 李世民 in the Xuanwu Gate coup 玄武門之變|玄武门之变; Professor Li Jiancheng (1993-), geophysicist and specialist in satellite geodesy#58543[Add to Longdo]
[格洛纳斯 / 格洛納斯, gé luò nà sī, ㄍㄜˊ ㄌㄨㄛˋ ㄋㄚˋ ㄙ]GLONASS (Globalnaya Navigatsionaya Satelitnaya Sistema or Global Navigation Satellite System), the Russian equivalent of GPS#196178[Add to Longdo]
[全球卫星导航系统 / 全球衛星導航系統, quán qiú wèi xīng dǎo háng xì tǒng, ㄑㄩㄢˊ ㄑㄧㄡˊ ㄨㄟˋ ㄒㄧㄥ ㄉㄠˇ ㄏㄤˊ ㄒㄧˋ ㄊㄨㄥˇ]Globalnaya Navigatsionaya Satelinaya Sistema or Global Navigation Satellite System (GLONASS), the Russian equivalent of GPS; abbr. to 格洛納斯|格洛纳斯[Add to Longdo]
[ロシュげんかい(ロシュ限界);ロッシュげんかい(ロッシュ限界), roshu genkai ( roshu genkai ); rosshu genkai ( rosshu genkai )](n) Roche limit; Roche's limit (closest that a natural satellite can come to the center of a planet without disintegrating due to tidal forces)[Add to Longdo]