SPUTNIK

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A Russian artificial satellite

Example:

Sputnik was the first man-made satellite to orbit the earth

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("sputnik" is a kind of...):

artificial satellite; orbiter; satellite (man-made equipment that orbits around the earth or the moon)

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