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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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.].
Cipherhood :: Cipherhood (n.) Nothingness.
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..
Decipherable :: Decipherable (a.) Capable of being deciphered; as, old writings not decipherable..
Cipherer :: Cipherer (n.) One who ciphers.
Cipher :: Cipher (a.) Of the nature of a cipher; of no weight or influence.
Uncipher :: Uncipher (v. t.) To decipher; as, to uncipher a letter..
Decipher :: Decipher (v. t.) To stamp; to detect; to discover.
Cipher :: Cipher (n.) A character [0] which, standing by itself, expresses nothing, but when placed at the right hand of a whole number, increases its value tenfold..
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..
Indecipherable :: Indecipherable (a.) Not decipherable; incapable of being deciphered, explained, or solved..
Steganophthalmata :: Steganography (n.) The art of writing in cipher, or in characters which are not intelligible except to persons who have the key; cryptography..
Cipher :: Cipher (v. t.) To get by ciphering; as, to cipher out the answer..
Null :: Null (n.) That which has no value; a cipher; zero.
Naught :: Naught (adv.) The arithmetical character 0; a cipher. See Cipher.
Cryptographer :: Cryptographer (n.) One who writes in cipher, or secret characters..
Cipher :: Cipher (v. t.) To decipher.
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..
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