Sat"el*lite (?), 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.
2. (Astron.) 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).
Sat"el*lite, a. (Anat.)
Situated near; accompanying; as, the satellite veins,
those which accompany the arteries.
Sat"el*lite (?), 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.
2. (Astron.) 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).
Sat"el*lite, a. (Anat.)
Situated near; accompanying; as, the satellite veins,
those which accompany the arteries.
