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  • 31satellite — n. & adj. n. 1 a celestial body orbiting the earth or another planet. 2 an artificial body placed in orbit round the earth or another planet. 3 a follower; a hanger on. 4 an underling; a member of an important person s staff or retinue. 5 (in… …

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  • 32Satellite EP — Infobox Album | Name = Satellite EP Type = ep Artist = Guster Released = April 10, 2007 Recorded = Genre = Rock Length = Label = Reprise Records Producer = Joe Pisapia, Jason Lehning Reviews = Last album = Ganging Up On The Sun (2006) This album …

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  • 33satellite — sat|el|lite [ˈsætılaıt] n [Date: 1500 1600; : French; Origin: Latin satelles personal servant or guard ] 1.) a machine that has been sent into space and goes around the Earth, moon etc, used for radio, television, and other electronic… …

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  • 34satellite — (sa tèl li t ) s. m. 1°   Terme qui ne se prend qu en mauvaise part. Tout homme armé qui est aux gages et à la suite d un autre, pour exécuter ses violences, pour servir son despotisme. •   Mais voyant que ce prince [Ptolémée].... N envoyait [à… …

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  • 35satellite — noun (C) 1 a machine that has been sent into space and goes around the Earth, moon etc, used for radio, television, and other electronic communication: the launch of a communications and weather satellite | by satellite (=using a satellite): This …

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  • 36satellite — n 1. moon. 2. spacecraft, space capsule, unmanned satellite, communications satellite, weather satellite, orbiting observatory, research satellite, relay satellite. 3. follower, disciple, apostle, sectarian, sectary, proselyte, acolyte, votary;… …

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  • 37satellite*/ — [ˈsætəˌlaɪt] noun 1) [C] an object that is sent into space to travel round the Earth in order to receive and send information a spy/communications/weather satellite[/ex] We have pictures of the disaster live via satellite (= by satellite).[/ex]… …

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  • 38satellite — 1. satelite m. satellite. Un satellite artificiau : un satellite artificiel 2. a, satelite, o adj. satellite. País satellit, economia satellita : pays satellite, économie satellite …

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  • 39Satellite TV — ▪ 1997 by Robert Stoffels       By the end of 1996, several thousand artificial satellites were circling the Earth. About 1,000 of them were in a geosynchronous orbit that is, they were located over the Equator at an altitude of 35,900 km (22,300 …

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  • 40satellite — 1. noun 1) the satellite orbited the earth Syn: space station, space capsule, spacecraft; communications satellite, weather satellite 2) the two small satellites of Mars Syn: moon, secondary planet 3) Bulgaria was then a Russian satellite …

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