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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Charybdis \Cha*ryb"dis\, n. [L., Gr ?.] A dangerous whirlpool on the coast of Sicily opposite Scylla on the Italian coast. It is personified as a female monster. See {Scylla}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: Charybdis n : (Greek mythology) a ship-devouring whirlpool lying on the other side of a narrow strait from Scylla [syn: {Charybdis}] From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]: CHARYBDIS A {Lisp} program to display mathematical expressions. It is related to {MATHLAB}. [Sammet 1969, p. 522]. (1994-11-15)
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