What is "siren"

Siren \Si"ren\, a. Of or pertaining to a siren; bewitching, like a siren; fascinating; alluring; as, a siren song.

Siren \Si"ren\, n. [L., fr. Gr. ???: cf. F. sir[`e]ne.]

1. (Class. Myth.) One of three sea nymphs, -- or, according to some writers, of two, -- said to frequent an island near the coast of Italy, and to sing with such sweetness that they lured mariners to destruction.

   Next where the sirens dwell you plow the seas; Their song is death, and makes destruction please.
   --Pope.

2. An enticing, dangerous woman.
   --Shak.

3. Something which is insidious or deceptive.

   Consumption is a siren.
   --W. Irving.

4. A mermaid. [Obs.]
   --Shak.

5. (Zo["o]l.) Any long, slender amphibian of the genus Siren or family Sirenid[ae], destitute of hind legs and pelvis, and having permanent external gills as well as lungs. They inhabit the swamps, lagoons, and ditches of the Southern United States. The more common species ( Siren lacertina) is dull lead-gray in color, and becames two feet long.

6. [F. sir[`e]ne, properly, a siren in sense 1.] (Acoustics) An instrument for producing musical tones and for ascertaining the number of sound waves or vibrations per second which produce a note of a given pitch. The sounds are produced by a perforated rotating disk or disks. A form with two disks operated by steam or highly compressed air is used sounding an alarm to vessels in fog. [Written also sirene, and syren.]

mid-14c., "sea nymph who by her singing lures sailors to their destruction," from Old French sereine (12c., Modern French sirène) and directly from Latin Siren (Late Latin Sirena), from Greek Seiren ["Odyssey," xii.39 ff.], one of the Seirenes, mythical sisters who enticed sailors to their deaths with their songs, also in Greek "a deceitful woman," perhaps literally "binder, entangler," from seira "cord, rope."\n

\nMeaning "device that makes a warning sound" (on an ambulance, etc.) first recorded 1879, in reference to steamboats, perhaps from similar use of the French word. Figurative sense of "one who sings sweetly and charms" is recorded from 1580s. The classical descriptions of them were mangled in medieval translations and glosses, resulting in odd notions of what they looked like.

1. Relating to or like a siren. n. 1 (''original sense'') (context Greek mythology English) One of a group of nymphs who lured mariners to their death on the rocks. 2 A device, either mechanical or electronic, that makes a piercingly loud sound as an alarm or signal, or the sound from such a device. 3 A musical instrument, one of the few aerophones in the percussion section of the symphony orchestra. 4 A dangerously seductive woman. 5 A common name for salamanders of ''Siren'' and Sirenidae. 6 A common name for mammals of ''Sirenia''. v

2. To make a noise with, or as if with, a siren.

Siren or sirens may refer to:

Siren is the third studio album by Heather Nova, released in 1998.

Siren is the fifth album by the English rock band Roxy Music, released in 1975 (see 1975 in music).

The album was ranked number 371 on Rolling Stone magazine's 2003 list of The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.

, known as Forbidden Siren in the PAL regions, is a survival horror stealth game developed by SIE Japan Studio and Project Siren, and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation 2 in . The game's plot revolves around an interconnected cast of characters that possess a power which enables them to see and hear what a nearby character sees. It was followed by two sequel/remakes and a loose film adaption.

Siren is a genus of aquatic salamanders of the family Sirenidae. The genus consists of two living species, along with one extinct species from the Eocene Epoch and three from the Miocene. The two living species have elongated, eel-like bodies, with two small vestigial fore legs.

In Greek mythology, the Sirens ( Greek singular: Seirēn; Greek plural: Seirēnes) were beautiful yet dangerous creatures, who lured nearby sailors with their enchanting music and voices to shipwreck on the rocky coast of their island. Roman poets placed them on some small islands called Sirenum scopuli. In some later, rationalized traditions, the literal geography of the "flowery" island of Anthemoessa, or Anthemusa, is fixed: sometimes on Cape Pelorum and at others in the islands known as the Sirenuse, near Paestum, or in Capreae. All such locations were surrounded by cliffs and rocks.

When Sirens are named, they are usually as daughters of the river god Achelous, with Terpsichore, Melpomene, Sterope, or Chthon (the Earth). In Euripides' play, Helen (167), Helen in her anguish calls upon "Winged maidens, daughters of the Earth"). Although they lured mariners, the Greeks portrayed the Sirens in their "meadow starred with flowers" and not as sea deities. Roman writers linked the Sirens more closely to the sea, as daughters of Phorcys. Sirens are found in many Greek stories, notably in Homer's Odyssey.

Their number is variously reported as from two to five. In the Odyssey, Homer says nothing of their origin or names, but gives the number of the Sirens as two. Later writers mention both their names and number: some state that there were three, Peisinoe, Aglaope, and Thelxiepeia (Tzetzes, ad Lycophron 7l2; Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca E7. 18) or Parthenope, Ligeia, and Leucosia (Eustathius, loc. cit.; Strabo v. §246, 252; Servius' commentary on Virgil's Georgics iv. 562); Apollonius followed Hesiod gives their names as Thelxinoe, Molpe, and Aglaophonos (Scholiast on Homer's Odyssey 12. 168, trans. Evelyn-White); Suidas gives their names as Thelxiepeia, Peisinoe, and Ligeia (Suidas s.v. Seirenas); Hyginus gives the number of the Sirens as four: Teles, Raidne, Molpe, and Thelxiope (Fabulae, praefat. p. 30, ed. Bunte); Eustathius (Commentaries §1709) states that they were two, Aglaopheme and Thelxiepeia; An ancient vase painting attests the two names as Himerope and Thelxiepeia. Their individual names are variously rendered in the later sources as Thelxiepeia/Thelxiope/Thelxinoe, Molpe, Himerope, Aglaophonos/Aglaope/Aglaopheme, Pisinoe/Peisinoë/Peisithoe, Parthenope, Ligeia, Leucosia, Raidne, and Teles.

A siren is a loud noise making device. Civil defense sirens are mounted in fixed locations and used to warn of natural disasters or attacks. Sirens are used on emergency service vehicles such as ambulances, police cars and fire trucks. There are two general types: pneumatic and electronic.

Many fire sirens (used for calling the volunteer fire fighters) serve double duty as tornado or civil defense sirens, alerting an entire community of impending danger. Most fire sirens are either mounted on the roof of a fire station, or on a pole next to the fire station. Fire sirens can also be mounted on or near government buildings, on tall structures such as water towers, as well as in systems, where several sirens are distributed around a town for better sound coverage. Most fire sirens are single tone and mechanically driven by electric motors with a rotor attached to the shaft. Some newer sirens are electronically driven by speakers, though these are not as common.

Fire sirens are often called "fire whistles", "fire alarms", or "fire horns." Although there is no standard signaling of fire sirens, some utilize codes to inform firefighters of the location of the fire. Civil defense sirens pulling double duty as a fire siren often can produce an alternating "hi-lo" signal (similar to a British police car) as the fire signal, or a slow wail (typically 3x) as to not confuse the public with the standard civil defense signals of alert (steady tone) and attack (fast wavering tone). Fire sirens are often blasted once a day at noon and are also called "noon sirens" or "noon whistles".

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Siren is a 1990 play by Australian playwright David Williamson.

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Siren is the name of two fictional supervillains, both appearing in books published by DC Comics.

Siren is a family of patented, transform-based, wideband audio coding formats and their audio codec implementations developed and licensed by PictureTel Corporation (acquired by Polycom, Inc. in 2001). There are three Siren codecs: Siren 7, Siren 14 and Siren 22.

Siren, in comics, may refer to:

• One of two DC Comics characters
  • Siren (DC Comics)
  • Hila (comics)
• Siren (Malibu Comics), a character in Malibu Comics Ultraverse
• Siren (Image Comics), a series from Image Comics

"Siren" is a single released by Nana Kitade under the pseudonym Ruby Gloom. The title track "Siren" is being used as the theme song for the Japanese release of the Canadian animation Ruby Gloom. The limited edition of this single comes with a DVD. The single was produced by former Megadeth guitarist, Marty Friedman, who also produced her reworks of " Kesenai Tsumi", and Alice From her " Berry Berry Singles" Album.

Siren was a bimonthly Canadian magazine, published in Toronto, Ontario for the city's lesbian community.

The magazine was launched in 1995 by a women's collective of volunteers. Its popularity increased in late 1996, around the time the lesbian monthly magazine Quota ceased publication. It underwent a controversial editorial revamp in 2002, ending its association with its regular contributors in favour of a more freelance story and contribution structure. The magazine was quoted in a discussion paper released by the Ontario Human Rights Commission about extending rights for transsexuals. One of the columns that appeared regularly in the magazine was titled "Dykes n' tykes".

Noted contributors to the magazine included Sheila Cavanagh and Debra Anderson.

The magazine ceased publication in 2004 due to financial problems.

is a song by Japanese rock band Asian Kung-Fu Generation. It was released as the lead single of their second full-length studio album, Sol-fa, on April 4, 2004. With the band's then-newly emerging popularity, the single managed to debut at number two on the Oricon charts. Although the song's B-side, "Siren#," shares a nearly identical title with the single, the two are somewhat different from each other. While both retain the same instrumental, the lyrics and melody of "Siren#" are different from that of "Siren." In a sense, "Siren#" can be considered a continuation or a remix of its A-side.

"'Siren" is the seventeenth episode of the second season of the American crime- thriller television series Millennium. It premiered on the Fox network on March 20, 1998. Millennium concerns offender profiler Frank Black ( Lance Henriksen) as he investigates crimes for the Millennium Group. The episode was written by Glen Morgan and James Wong, and directed Allen Coulter. "Siren" featured guest appearances by Vivian Wu, Tzi Ma and Kristen Cloke.

When offender profiler Black investigates several deaths on a cargo ship, he encounters a mysterious woman who shows him visions of a life in which he had never joined the Millennium Group. Upon recovering, his experience leads him to doubt his role in the organisation. "Siren" was viewed by approximately 5.68 million households during its original broadcast. The episode received positive critical reviews, with one reviewer drawing comparisons with the film It's a Wonderful Life.

"Siren" is the debut single from Estonian duo Malcolm Lincoln, written and composed by frontman Robin Juhkental. The song was produced by Vaiko Eplik and is featured on the group's full-length debut album Loaded With Zoul.

"Siren (Never Let You Go)" (a.k.a. "Siren") is a rock song by Australian band Divinyls. It was released in 1983 from their debut album Desperate and charted within the top fifty in Australia.

Siren'' (Forbidden Siren'' in the PAL region for the first two PlayStation 2 games) is a survival horror stealth game series consisting of three installments developed by SIE Japan Studio and Project Siren, a development team within SIE Japan Studio, and published by Sony Computer Entertainment.

Siren is a surname which may refer to:

• Heikki Siren (1918–2013), Finnish architect, son of J. S. Sirén
• J. S. Sirén (1889–1961), Finnish architect
• Jon Siren (born 1978), American keyboardist and drummer, co-founder of the band Mankind Is Obsolete
• Kaija Siren (1920–2001), Finnish architect, wife of and co-worker with Heikki Siren
• Osvald Sirén, (1879–1966), Finnish-born Swedish art historian
• Urho Sirén (1932–2002), Finnish cyclist
• Yrjö Sirola (1876–1936), Finnish socialist politician, teacher and newspaper editor born Yrjö Sirén

Siren is the sixth solo album by Susumu Hirasawa.

As with the previous album Sim City, it was greatly influenced by Hirasawa's trips to Thailand.