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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O :: O (n.) A cipher; zero.
Quintilllion :: Quintilllion (n.) According to the French notation, which is used on the Continent and in America, the cube of a million, or a unit with eighteen ciphers annexed; according to the English notation, a number produced by involving a million to the fifth power, or a unit with thirty ciphers annexed. See the Note under Numeration..
Legible :: Legible (a.) Capable of being read or deciphered; distinct to the eye; plain; -- used of writing or printing; as, a fair, legible manuscript..
Cryptogram :: Cryptogram (n.) A cipher writing. Same as Cryptograph.
Interpret :: Interpret (v. t.) To explain or tell the meaning of; to expound; to translate orally into intelligible or familiar language or terms; to decipher; to define; -- applied esp. to language, but also to dreams, signs, conduct, mysteries, etc.; as, to interpret the Hebrew language to an Englishman; to interpret an Indian speech..
Cipher :: 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..
Zero :: Zero (n.) A cipher; nothing; naught.
Monogram :: Monogram (n.) A character or cipher composed of two or more letters interwoven or combined so as to represent a name, or a part of it (usually the initials). Monograms are often used on seals, ornamental pins, rings, buttons, and by painters, engravers, etc., to distinguish their works..
Cryptograph :: Cryptograph (n.) Cipher; something written in cipher.
Decipherment :: Decipherment (n.) The act of deciphering.
Cipher :: Cipher (v. t.) To decipher.
Hieroglyphical :: Hieroglyphical (a.) Resembling hieroglyphics; not decipherable.
Cipherhood :: Cipherhood (n.) Nothingness.
Steganophthalmata :: Steganography (n.) The art of writing in cipher, or in characters which are not intelligible except to persons who have the key; cryptography..
Epigraphy :: Epigraphy (n.) The science of inscriptions; the art of engraving inscriptions or of deciphering them.
Cipher :: Cipher (v. i.) To use figures in a mathematical process; to do sums in arithmetic.
Polygraphy :: Polygraphy (n.) The art of writing in various ciphers, and of deciphering the same..
Decipher :: Decipher (v. t.) To stamp; to detect; to discover.
Ciphering :: Ciphering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Ciphe.
Obliterate :: Obliterate (v. t.) To erase or blot out; to efface; to render undecipherable, as a writing..
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