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ALL meanings of cipher

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  • countable noun cipher A cipher is a secret system of writing that you use to send messages. 3
  • countable noun cipher If you describe someone as a cipher, you mean that they have no power and are used by other people to achieve a particular purpose. 3
  • noun cipher a method of secret writing using substitution or transposition of letters according to a key 3
  • noun cipher a secret message 3
  • noun cipher the key to a secret message 3
  • noun cipher any of the Arabic numerals (0, 1, 2, 3, etc, to 9) or the Arabic system of numbering as a whole 3
  • noun cipher a person or thing of no importance; nonentity 3
  • noun cipher a design consisting of interwoven letters; monogram 3
  • noun cipher a defect in an organ resulting in the continuous sounding of a pipe, the key of which has not been depressed 3
  • verb cipher to put (a message) into secret writing 3
  • verb cipher (of an organ pipe) to sound without having the appropriate key depressed 3
  • verb cipher to perform (a calculation) arithmetically 3
  • noun cipher the symbol 0, indicating a value of zero 3
  • noun cipher a person or thing of no importance or value 3
  • noun cipher a system of secret writing based on a key, or set of predetermined rules or symbols 3
  • noun cipher a message in such writing 3
  • noun cipher the key to such a system 3
  • noun cipher an intricate weaving together of letters, as a monogram 3
  • noun cipher an Arabic numeral 3
  • intransitive verb cipher to solve (an arithmetic problem) 3
  • intransitive verb cipher to write in or with a cipher (sense 3) cipher (sense 3a)) 3
  • noun cipher zero. 1
  • noun cipher any of the Arabic numerals or figures. 1
  • noun cipher Arabic numerical notation collectively. 1
  • noun cipher something of no value or importance. 1
  • noun cipher a person of no influence; nonentity. 1
  • noun cipher a secret method of writing, as by transposition or substitution of letters, specially formed symbols, or the like. Compare cryptography. 1
  • noun cipher writing done by such a method; a coded message. 1
  • noun cipher the key to a secret method of writing. 1
  • noun cipher a combination of letters, as the initials of a name, in one design; monogram. 1
  • verb without object cipher to use figures or numerals arithmetically. 1
  • verb without object cipher to write in or as in cipher. 1
  • verb with object cipher to calculate numerically; figure. 1
  • verb with object cipher to convert into cipher. 1
  • noun cipher A secret or disguised way of writing; a code. 1
  • abbreviation CIPHER code 1
  • noun cipher coded message 1
  • transitive verb cipher encode 1
  • intransitive verb cipher write in code 1
  • noun cipher A numeric character. 0
  • noun cipher Any text character. 0
  • noun cipher A combination or interweaving of letters, as the initials of a name; a device; a monogram. 0
  • noun cipher A method of transforming a text in order to conceal its meaning. 0
  • noun cipher (cryptography) A cryptographic system using an algorithm that converts letters or sequences of bits into ciphertext. 0
  • noun cipher Ciphertext; a message concealed via a cipher. 0
  • noun cipher A grouping of three digits in a number, especially when delimited by commas or periods. 0
  • noun cipher A design of interlacing initials: a decorative design consisting of a set of interlaced initials. 0
  • noun cipher (music) A fault in an organ valve which causes a pipe to sound continuously without the key having been pressed. 0
  • noun cipher A hip-hop jam session. 0
  • noun cipher The path (usually circular) shared cannabis takes through a group, an occasion of cannabis smoking. 0
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