Definition of cipher

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Cipher (n.) 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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Excuss :: Excuss (v. t.) To inspect; to investigate; to decipher.
Sphenography :: Sphenography (n.) The art of writing in cuneiform characters, or of deciphering inscriptions made in such characters..
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..
Cipher :: Cipher (v. i.) To use figures in a mathematical process; to do sums in arithmetic.
Decipherment :: Decipherment (n.) The act of deciphering.
Cryptograph :: Cryptograph (n.) Cipher; something written in cipher.
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..
Decipherable :: Decipherable (a.) Capable of being deciphered; as, old writings not decipherable..
Cryptographical :: Cryptographical (a.) Relating to cryptography; written in secret characters or in cipher, or with sympathetic ink..
Hieroglyphical :: Hieroglyphical (a.) Resembling hieroglyphics; not decipherable.
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..
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..
Ciphering :: Ciphering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Ciphe.
Decipheress :: Decipheress (n.) A woman who deciphers.
Decipher :: Decipher (v. t.) To find out, so as to be able to make known the meaning of; to make out or read, as words badly written or partly obliterated; to detect; to reveal; to unfold..
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.].
Cipher :: Cipher (v. t.) To get by ciphering; as, to cipher out the answer..
Cipher :: Cipher (v. t.) To decipher.
Decipherer :: Decipherer (n.) One who deciphers.
Cipherhood :: Cipherhood (n.) Nothingness.
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