Charybdis

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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 WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

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

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  CHARYBDIS
       
          A {Lisp} program to display mathematical expressions.  It is
          related to {MATHLAB}.
       
          [Sammet 1969, p. 522].
       
          (1994-11-15)