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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: cipher
cipher
n 1: a message written in a secret code [syn:
cypher]
2: a mathematical element that when added to another number
yields the same number [syn:
zero,
0,
nought,
cypher]
3: a quantity of no importance;
“it looked like nothing I had
ever seen before”;
“reduced to nil all the work we had
done”;
“we racked up a pathetic goose egg”;
“it was all
for naught”;
“I didn't hear zilch about it” [syn:
nothing,
nil,
nix,
nada,
null,
aught,
cypher,
goose egg
,
naught,
zero,
zilch,
zip]
4: a person of no influence [syn:
cypher,
nobody,
nonentity]
5: a secret method of writing [syn:
cypher,
cryptograph,
secret code
]
v 1: convert ordinary language into code;
“We should encode the
message for security reasons” [syn:
encode,
code,
encipher,
cypher,
encrypt,
inscribe,
write in code] [ant:
decode]
2: make a mathematical calculation or computation [syn:
calculate,
cypher,
compute,
work out,
reckon,
figure]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Cipher
Cipher
\Ci"pher\, n. [OF. cifre zero, F. Chiffre figure (cf.
Sp.cifra, LL. cifra), fr. Ar. [,c]ifrun, [,c]afrun, empty,
cipher, zero, fr. [,c]afira to be empty. Cf.
Zero.]
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1. (Arith.) A character [0] which, standing by itself,
expresses nothing, but when placed at the right hand of a
whole number, increases its value tenfold.
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2. One who, or that which, has no weight or influence.
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Here he was a mere cipher. --W. Irving.
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3. A character in general, as a figure or letter. [Obs.]
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This wisdom began to be written in ciphers and
characters and letters bearing the forms of
creatures. --Sir W.
Raleigh.
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4. A combination or interweaving of letters, as the initials
of a name; a device; a monogram; as, a painter's cipher,
an engraver's cipher, etc. The cut represents the initials
N. W.
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5. A private alphabet, system of characters, or other mode of
writing, contrived for the safe transmission of secrets;
also, a writing in such characters.
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His father . . . engaged him when he was very young
to write all his letters to England in cipher. --Bp.
Burnet.
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Cipher key, a key to assist in reading writings in cipher.
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Cipher
\Ci"pher\, a.
Of the nature of a cipher; of no weight or influence.
“Twelve cipher bishops.” --Milton.
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Cipher
\Ci"pher\, v. i. [imp. & p. p.
Ciphered; p. pr. & vb.
n.
Ciphering.]
To use figures in a mathematical process; to do sums in
arithmetic.
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``T was certain he could write and cipher too.
--Goldsmith.
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Cipher
\Ci"pher\, v. t.
1. To write in occult characters.
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His notes he ciphered with Greek characters.
--Hayward.
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2. To get by ciphering; as, to cipher out the answer.
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3. To decipher. [Obs.] --Shak.
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4. To designate by characters. [Obs.] --Shak.
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