calypso

1. a popular type of satirical, usually topical, West Indian ballad, esp from Trinidad, usually extemporized to a percussive syncopated accompaniment

2. a dance done to the rhythm of this song

calypso

a rare N temperate orchid, Calypso (or Cytherea) bulbosa, whose flower is pink or white with purple and yellow markings

Collins Discovery Encyclopedia, 1st edition © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

Calypso

(kă-lip -soh) A small irregularly shaped satellite of Saturn, discovered in 1980. It is a coorbital satellite with Telesto and Tethys. See Table 2, backmatter.

Collins Dictionary of Astronomy © Market House Books Ltd, 2006

Calypso

[kə′lip·sō]

(astronomy)

A small, irregularly shaped satellite of Saturn that librates about the leading Lagrangian point of Tethys's orbit.

Calypso

promises Odysseus eternal youth and immortality if he will stay with her forever. [Gk. Myth.: Brewer Dictionary, 166]

See: Immortality

The following article is from The Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1979). It might be outdated or ideologically biased.

Calypso

a French oceanographic vessel. Built in 1942, the Calypso operates under programs of the Ministry of National Education and the Geographic Society of France. The vessel is 47 m long, 7.7 m wide, and displaces 360 tons. Its free cruising range is 5,000 nautical miles (9,260 km); it has a crew of 12 and ten scientific workers. The vessel is equipped with oceanographic winches and has special gear for underwater research and television and motion-picture filming. In 1967, under the command of J.-Y. Cousteau, the Calypso began research operations in the tropical seas of the world.

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Calypso offers financial institutions and corporate treasuries an integrated trading, risk and processing platform which provides a solid, modern foundation for future business growth.

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The Calypso brand accounts for 70% of sales supported by strong sub-brands, including Aquajuice 67, Juice Shots and Jubbly.

GE pours pounds 9m into drinks firm

As proposed, the pipeline would transport natural gas from planned LNG gasification facilities being developed by the Calypso Deepwater Port (DWP).

More problems for long-planned Calypso pipeline off Florida

Calypso 4.6 now supports automatic sensor change with measuring strategies optimized for the sensor during data capture on the workpiece.

Measuring made easy

If we substitute 'calypso' for 'hillbilly', these words describe quite well the situation in Trinidad.

West Indian Rhythm: Trinidad Calypsos on World and Local Events, Featuring the Censored Recordings 1938-1940

Nevertheless Calypso is by no means a perfect character.

The character of Circe in the Odyssey

(signs in Bengali; curry and chutney; the Koran; jerk chicken, ackee and saltfish; calypso, reggae, and ska)

This is my U.K.: British culture is changing, thanks to teens with Asian and Afro-Carribean roots

The Calypso will be restored at a shipyard in Grand Bahama at an estimated cost of $1.3 million, with work expected to be completed by the end of this year.

Carnival bails out the Calypso

Tractebel North America, Inc., a business unit of Tractebel Electricity & Gas International, one of the three business divisions of SUEZ (NYSE:SZE), has announced that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission ("FERC") has granted its final approval and issued a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity ("CPCN") to Tractebel Calypso Pipeline LLC.

TRACTEBEL CALYPSO NATURAL GAS PIPELINE GETS FEDERAL APPROVAL

Darlington-based Agility Systems is working on a phased project for Calypso Soft Drinks, updating its manufacturing, inventory and warehouse facilities on its site.

Tracking device helps Calypso spill its secrets

With: The Mighty Sparrow, Calypso Rose, Lord Superior, Mighty Duke, Black Stalin, Mighty Bomber, Lord Blakie.

Calypso Dreams