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# satellite

«satellite» in Mova's school dictionary: **a machine sent into space to travel around the Earth or…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a satellite, satellites); adjective (satellite: satellite TV)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A satellite is a machine sent into space to travel around the Earth or another planet, used for communication, weather, maps or science. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/satellite/#m1)

2) A satellite is any natural object that travels around a planet; the Moon is Earth's natural satellite. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/satellite/#m2)

3) Satellite (before a noun) means using satellites: satellite TV, satellite photo. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/satellite/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

Science (space): satellites orbit Earth, pulled by gravity; the Moon is a natural satellite. Everyday life: satellite navigation (satnav, GPS), weather forecasts, TV and phone signals depend on satellites. Geography: satellite images show cities, forests and storms from above. Phrases: weather satellite, satellite dish, satellite image, natural satellite.

### examples

- The Moon is Earth's only natural satellite. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/satellite/#x1)
- Weather satellites take pictures of clouds. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/satellite/#x2)
- Satnav uses satellites to find where we are. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/satellite/#x3)
- Jupiter has many moons, which are its satellites. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/satellite/#x4)
- We looked at a satellite photo of our school. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/satellite/#x5)
- There's a satellite dish on our roof. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/satellite/#x6)
- You can sometimes see a satellite moving across the night sky. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/satellite/#x7)

### note

Countable. Spelling: sa-tel-lite — one t, double l, then te. A satellite is not a star: it shines only by reflecting sunlight. «Satellite» does not mean only man-made machines; moons are satellites too.

### In the corpora

- [Released animals often wear radio collars or satellite tags, so scientists can see whether they find food, survive and have young.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/114-back-to-the-wild/13/)
- [A satnav or phone finds its position by timing radio signals from at least four satellites in orbit.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/geography/1-maps-and-scale/16/)
- [Satellites have measured ground surfaces near 70 degrees Celsius in Iran's Lut Desert, much hotter than the air above.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/geography/18-deserts/12/)
- [Today satellites measure plate movement directly: GPS stations show Europe and North America moving apart about 2.5 cm a year.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/geography/42-plate-tectonics/15/)
- [In 1957 the Soviet Union launched Sputnik, the first artificial satellite, a metal ball that beeped as it circled the Earth.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/history/35-space-from-sputnik-to-the-moon/6/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «satellite» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/satellite/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.