charybdis

Noun

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Noun (1)

  1. (Greek mythology) a ship-devouring whirlpool lying on the other side of a narrow strait from ScyllaType of whirlpool, vortex
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

Cha·ryb′dis noun

Origin: L., Gr. χάρυβδις.

A dangerous whirlpool on the coast of Sicily opposite Scylla on the Italian coast. It is personified as a female monster. See Scylla.

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54

Free On-line Dictionary of Computing

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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