Satellite Definition–noun | 1. | Astronomy. a natural body that revolves around a planet; a moon. | | 2. | a country under the domination or influence of another. | | 3. | something, as a branch office or an off-campus facility of a university, that depends on, accompanies, or serves something else. | | 4. | an attendant or follower of another person, often subservient or obsequious in manner. | | 5. | a device designed to be launched into orbit around the earth, another planet, the sun, etc. | –adjective | 6. | of, pertaining to, or constituting a satellite: the nation's new satellite program. | | 7. | subordinate to another authority, outside power, or the like: summoned to a conference of satellite nations. | |
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Television Definition–noun | 1. | the broadcasting of a still or moving image via radiowaves to receivers that project a view of the image on a picture tube. | | 3. | a set for receiving television broadcasts. | | 4. | the field of television broadcasting. | |
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