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SPUTNIK
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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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