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WEATHER SATELLITE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does weather satellite mean?
• WEATHER SATELLITE (noun)
The noun WEATHER SATELLITE has 1 sense:
1. a satellite that transmits frequent picture of the earth below
Familiarity information: WEATHER SATELLITE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A satellite that transmits frequent picture of the earth below
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
meteorological satellite; weather satellite
Hypernyms ("weather satellite" is a kind of...):
artificial satellite; orbiter; satellite (man-made equipment that orbits around the earth or the moon)
Context examples
The measurements used in the study come from an imaging sensor on a polar-orbiting weather satellite that can’t detect the color blue generated by the new and increasingly popular LED lights, which means some light is missed by the sensor.
(Study: Earth’s Night Skies Getting Brighter, VOA)
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