satellite
/ˈsætəlaɪ̯t/ nom B1En français : satellite
- A moon or other smaller body orbiting a larger one. · The Moon is a natural satellite of the Earth.· A spent upper stage is a derelict satellite.
- A man-made apparatus designed to be placed in orbit around a celestial body, generally to relay information, data, etc. to Earth. · Many telecommunication satellites orbit at 36000km above the equator.
- Satellite TV; reception of television broadcasts via services that use man-made satellite technology. · Do you have satellite at your house?
- A country, state, office, building etc. which is under the jurisdiction, influence, or domination of another body.
- A community or town dependent on a larger town or city nearby.
- A grammatical construct that takes various forms and may encode a path of movement, a change of state, or the grammatical aspect. Examples: "a bird flew past"; "she turned on the light".
- A very large array of tandemly repeating, non-coding DNA.
Pluriel satellites
Dans la bibliothèque
Observe,” said Villefort, smiling, “I do not mean to deny that both these men were revolutionary scoundrels, and that the 9th Thermidor and the 4th of April, in the year 1814, were lucky days for France, worthy of being gratefully remembered by every friend to monarchy and civil order; and that explains how it comes to pass that, fallen, as I trust he is forever, Napoleon has still retained a train of parasitical satellites.
The ubiquitous glow of satellite navigation has irrevocably transformed our fundamental relationship with the physical spaces we traverse daily.
Satellite navigation systems are inherently designed to prioritize efficiency, ruthlessly calculating the fastest trajectory from point A to point B.
It would be foolish to suggest that we entirely discard the remarkable technology of satellite navigation in our daily lives.
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