Definition of cipher

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Cipher (n.) 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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Cryptography :: Cryptography (n.) The act or art of writing in secret characters; also, secret characters, or cipher..
Decillion :: Decillion (n.) According to the English notation, a million involved to the tenth power, or a unit with sixty ciphers annexed; according to the French and American notation, a thousand involved to the eleventh power, or a unit with thirty-three ciphers annexed. [See the Note under Numeration.].
Cryptograph :: Cryptograph (n.) Cipher; something written in cipher.
Cryptogram :: Cryptogram (n.) A cipher writing. Same as Cryptograph.
Octillion :: Octillion (n.) According to the French method of numeration (which method is followed also in the United States) the number expressed by a unit with twenty-seven ciphers annexed. According to the English method, the number expressed by a unit with forty-eight ciphers annexed. See Numeration..
Colophon :: Colophon (n.) An inscription, monogram, or cipher, containing the place and date of publication, printer's name, etc., formerly placed on the last page of a book..
Uncipher :: Uncipher (v. t.) To decipher; as, to uncipher a letter..
Cipher :: Cipher (v. i.) To use figures in a mathematical process; to do sums in arithmetic.
Cryptographer :: Cryptographer (n.) One who writes in cipher, or secret characters..
Decipherable :: Decipherable (a.) Capable of being deciphered; as, old writings not decipherable..
Cipher :: Cipher (v. t.) To write in occult characters.
Ciphering :: Ciphering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Ciphe.
Hieroglyphical :: Hieroglyphical (a.) Resembling hieroglyphics; not decipherable.
Cipher :: Cipher (n.) 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..
Decipher :: Decipher (v. t.) To stamp; to detect; to discover.
Septillion :: Septillion (n.) According to the French method of numeration (which is followed also in the United States), the number expressed by a unit with twenty-four ciphers annexed. According to the English method, the number expressed by a unit with forty-two ciphers annexed. See Numeration..
Sextillion :: Sextillion (n.) According to the method of numeration (which is followed also in the United States), the number expressed by a unit with twenty-one ciphers annexed. According to the English method, a million raised to the sixth power, or the number expressed by a unit with thirty-six ciphers annexed. See Numeration..
Cipher :: Cipher (v. t.) To get by ciphering; as, to cipher out the answer..
Cryptographical :: Cryptographical (a.) Relating to cryptography; written in secret characters or in cipher, or with sympathetic ink..
Null :: Null (n.) That which has no value; a cipher; zero.
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