Category:Satellite

Sat"el*lite, n. Etym: [f., fr. L. Stelles, -itis, an attendant.]

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 (zoöl.), a handsome european noctuid moth (scopelosoma Satellitia).

Satellite Sat"el*lite, a. (anat.)

Defn: situated near; accompanying; as, the satellite veins, those Which accompany the arteries.