adherent vs satellite

adherent

adj
  • Adhesive, sticking to something. 

  • Having the quality of clinging or sticking fast to something. 

  • Attaching or pressing against a different organ. 

noun
  • A person who has membership in some group, association or religion. 

satellite

verb
  • To transmit by satellite. 

noun
  • 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". 

  • A moon or other smaller body orbiting a larger one. 

  • A country, state, office, building etc. which is under the jurisdiction, influence, or domination of another body. 

  • A very large array of tandemly repeating, non-coding DNA. 

  • A man-made apparatus designed to be placed in orbit around a celestial body, generally to relay information, data etc. to Earth. 

  • Satellite TV; reception of television broadcasts via services that utilize man-made satellite technology. 

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