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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Holocryptic :: Holocryptic (a.) Wholly or completely concealing; incapable of being deciphered.
Diplomatic :: Diplomatic (n.) The science of diplomas, or the art of deciphering ancient writings, and determining their age, authenticity, etc.; paleography..
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..
Cryptograph :: Cryptograph (n.) Cipher; something written in cipher.
Cipher :: Cipher (v. t.) To get by ciphering; as, to cipher out the answer..
Cipher :: Cipher (n.) One who, or that which, has no weight or influence..
Cipherhood :: Cipherhood (n.) Nothingness.
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..
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..
Decipherer :: Decipherer (n.) One who deciphers.
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..
Nothing :: Nothing (n.) A cipher; naught.
Decipherable :: Decipherable (a.) Capable of being deciphered; as, old writings not decipherable..
Hieroglyphical :: Hieroglyphical (a.) Resembling hieroglyphics; not decipherable.
Epigraphy :: Epigraphy (n.) The science of inscriptions; the art of engraving inscriptions or of deciphering them.
Cypher :: Cypher (n. & v.) See Cipher.
Cipher :: Cipher (v. i.) To use figures in a mathematical process; to do sums in arithmetic.
Deciphering :: Deciphering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Deciphe.
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..
Ciphering :: Ciphering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Ciphe.
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