n. 人造卫星

[医] 伴行静脉, 陪静脉, 陪病部, 随体, 卫星

Satellite \Sat"el*lite\, n. [F., fr. L. satelles, -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} (Zo["o]l.), a handsome European noctuid moth
({Scopelosoma satellitia}).


Satellite \Sat"el*lite\, a. (Anat.)
Situated near; accompanying; as, the satellite veins, those
which accompany the arteries.