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cypher |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Cypher \Cy"pher\ (s?"f?r), n. & v. See {Cipher}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: cypher n 1: a mathematical element that when added to another number yields the same number [syn: {zero}, {0}, {nought}, {cipher}] 2: a quantity of no importance; "it looked like nothing I had ever seen before"; "reduced to nil all the work we had done"; "we racked up a pathetic goose egg"; "it was all for naught"; "I didn't hear zilch about it" [syn: {nothing}, {nil}, {nix}, {nada}, {aught}, {cipher}, {goose egg}, {naught}, {zero}, {zilch}, {zip}] 3: a person of no influence [syn: {cipher}, {nobody}, {nonentity}] 4: a message written in a secret code [syn: {cipher}] 5: a secret method of writing [syn: {cipher}, {cryptograph}, {secret code}] v 1: convert ordinary language into code; "We should encode the message for security reasons" [syn: {encode}, {code}, {encipher}, {cipher}, {encrypt}, {inscribe}, {write in code}] [ant: {decode}] 2: make a mathematical calculation or computation [syn: {calculate}, {cipher}, {compute}, {reckon}, {figure}]
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