SPUTNIK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sputnik mean? 

• SPUTNIK (noun)
  The noun SPUTNIK has 1 sense:

1. a Russian artificial satellite

  Familiarity information: SPUTNIK used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SPUTNIK (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A Russian artificial satellite

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Context example:

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

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

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

 Context examples 

Sputnik News reported Leonov, who died in Moscow, will be buried at the Federal Military Memorial Cemetery on Tuesday.

(Cosmonaut Alexei Leonov dies at age 85, Wikinews)

Sputnik Planitia’s initial location could be explained by Pluto’s complex climate, itself forced by the 120 degree tilt of Pluto’s spin axis.

(Scientists Probe Mystery of Pluto’s Icy Heart, NASA)