Sat"el*lite (?), n. [F., fr. L. Stelles, -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 Zool., a handsome European noctuid moth (Scopelosoma satellitia).
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Sat"el*lite, a. Anat. Situated near; accompanying; as, the satellite veins, those which accompany the arteries.
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