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 →

2) A satellite is any natural object that travels around a planet; the Moon is Earth's natural satellite. tree →

3) Satellite (before a noun) means using satellites: satellite TV, satellite photo. tree →

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 →
• Weather satellites take pictures of clouds. tree →
• Satnav uses satellites to find where we are. tree →
• Jupiter has many moons, which are its satellites. tree →
• We looked at a satellite photo of our school. tree →
• There's a satellite dish on our roof. tree →
• You can sometimes see a satellite moving across the night sky. tree →

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.
• A satnav or phone finds its position by timing radio signals from at least four satellites in orbit.
• Satellites have measured ground surfaces near 70 degrees Celsius in Iran's Lut Desert, much hotter than the air above.
• Today satellites measure plate movement directly: GPS stations show Europe and North America moving apart about 2.5 cm a year.
• In 1957 the Soviet Union launched Sputnik, the first artificial satellite, a metal ball that beeped as it circled the Earth.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «satellite» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.