Callisto

[ kuh-lis-toh ]

noun
  1. Also Kallisto .Classical Mythology. a nymph attendant on Artemis, punished for a love affair with Zeus by being changed into a bear and then transformed into stars as the constellation Ursa Major.

  2. Astronomy. a large natural satellite of the planet Jupiter.

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How to use Callisto in a sentence

  • Suppose a bearer of the Medal of Honor formed a stock corporation to exploit the pitchblende of Callisto.

    Medal of Honor | Dallas McCord Reynolds
  • She was delighted to see him, and said she would love to christen the Callisto or do anything else that he wished.

    A Journey in Other Worlds | John Jacob Astor
  • Just then a quiver shook the Callisto, and glancing to the right they noticed one of the volcanoes in violent eruption.

    A Journey in Other Worlds | John Jacob Astor
  • Slowly the Callisto left her resting-place as a Galatea might her pedestal, only, instead of coming down, she rose still higher.

    A Journey in Other Worlds | John Jacob Astor
  • The Callisto was still going straight up, with a speed already as great as a cannon ball's, and was almost out of sight.

    A Journey in Other Worlds | John Jacob Astor

British Dictionary definitions for Callisto (1 of 2)

Callisto1

/ (kəˈlɪstəʊ) /


noun
  1. Greek myth a nymph who attracted the love of Zeus and was changed into a bear by Hera. Zeus then set her in the sky as the constellation Ursa Major

British Dictionary definitions for Callisto (2 of 2)

Callisto2

/ (kəˈlɪstəʊ) /


noun
  1. the second largest (but faintest) of the four Galilean satellites of Jupiter, discovered in 1610 by Galileo. Approximate diameter: 4800 km; orbital radius: 1 883 000 km: See also Galilean satellite

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Scientific definitions for Callisto

Callisto

[ kə-lĭs ]


  1. One of the four brightest satellites of Jupiter and the eighth in distance from the planet. Originally sighted by Galileo, it is the largest planetary satellite.

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