charybdis

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

Charybdis
    n 1: (Greek mythology) a ship-devouring whirlpool lying on the
         other side of a narrow strait from Scylla

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Charybdis \Cha*ryb"dis\, n. [L., Gr. cha`rybdis.]
   A dangerous whirlpool on the coast of Sicily opposite Scylla
   on the Italian coast. It is personified as a female monster.
   See {Scylla}.
   [1913 Webster]

from The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)

CHARYBDIS

   <mathematics, tool> A {Lisp} program to display
   mathematical expressions.  It is related to {MATHLAB}.

   [Sammet 1969, p. 522].

   (1994-11-15)

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