1. a television system in which the signal is transmitted to an orbiting satellite that receives the signal and amplifies it and transmits it back to earth; [syn: satellite television, satellite TV]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
satellite television
n 1: a television system in which the signal is transmitted to
an orbiting satellite that receives the signal and
amplifies it and transmits it back to earth [syn:
satellite television, satellite TV]