Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of a series of Soviet satellites sent into Earth orbit, especially the first, launched October 4, 1957.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a Russian artificial satellite
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The team suggests that Sputnik is a ‘virophage’, much like the bacteriophage viruses that infect and sicken bacteria.
Boing Boing 2008
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This suggests that Sputnik is effectively a viral parasite that sickens its host — seemingly the first such example.
Boing Boing 2008
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With just 21 genes, Sputnik is tiny compared with its mama — but insidious.
Boing Boing 2008
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NASA. gov Honors Sputnik is the next entry in this blog.
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This is an original Sputnik from the '50s space program, named "model PS-1".
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An original Sputnik is up for sale on eBay -- the Buy It Now price is $29,500.
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Sputnik is finally one year old!), so I headed over to Fred Meyer.
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Half a century ago, when the Soviets beat us into space with the launch of a satellite called Sputnik, we had no idea how we'd beat them to the moon.
Robert Reich: The President Ignored the Elephant in the Room Robert Reich 2011
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Half a century ago, when the Soviets beat us into space with the launch of a satellite called Sputnik, we had no idea how we'd beat them to the moon.
Robert Reich: The President Ignored the Elephant in the Room Robert Reich 2011
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Half a century ago, when the Soviets beat us into space with the launch of a satellite called Sputnik, we had no idea how we'd beat them to the moon.
Robert Reich: The President Ignored the Elephant in the Room Robert Reich 2011
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