satellite

1. (now rare) An attendant on an important person; a member of someone's retinue, often in a somewhat derogatory sense; a henchman.Examples: "We read in the Bible, that Nicanor the persecutor of Gods Law[…]sent his Satellites to apprehend the good old man Rasias[…]."; "[…]he would nevertheless have a better bargain of this tall satellite if they settled the debate betwixt them in the forest[…]. Betwixt anxiety, therefore, vexation, and anger, Charles faced suddenly round on his pursuer[…]."; "The unnamed chronicler in his Dupin stories was the first Dr. Watson type of satellite—a narrator who accompanies the detective on his exploits, exclaims over his brilliance[…]."archaic

2. (colloquial, uncountable) Satellite TV; reception of television broadcasts via services that use man-made satellite technology.Examples: "Do you have satellite at your house?"colloquialuncountable

3. (grammar) 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".Synonyms: sat

4. (genetics) A very large array of tandemly repeating, non-coding DNA.