Definitions of CIPHER [ˈsaɪ fər]

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Definition of 'CIPHER'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) cipher
any of the Arabic numerals or figures.

2.  cipher
a person or thing of no value or importance; nonentity.

3.  cipher
a secret method of writing, as by code.

4.  cipher
writing done by such a method; a coded message.

5.  cipher
the key to a secret method of writing.

6.  cipher
a combination of letters, as the initials of a name; monogram.

7. (v.i.) cipher
to use figures or numerals arithmetically.

8.  cipher
to write in or as in cipher.

9. (v.t.) cipher
to calculate numerically; figure.

10.  cipher
to convert into cipher; encipher.

Etymology: (1350–1400; ME siphre < ML ciphra < Ar &sdotbelow;ifr empty, zero; trans. of Skt śūnyā empty)

Definition of 'CIPHER'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) cipher, cypher
a message written in a secret code

2. (noun) zero, 0, nought, cipher, cypher
a mathematical element that when added to another number yields the same number

3. (noun) nothing, nil, nix, nada, null, aught, cipher, cypher, goose egg, naught, zero, zilch, zip, zippo
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"

4. (noun) cipher, cypher, nobody, nonentity
a person of no influence

5. (verb) cipher, cypher, cryptograph, secret code
a secret method of writing

6. (verb) code, encipher, cipher, cypher, encrypt, inscribe, write in code
convert ordinary language into code
"We should encode the message for security reasons"

7. (verb) calculate, cipher, cypher, compute, work out, reckon, figure
make a mathematical calculation or computation

Definition of 'CIPHER'

Webster Dictionary

1. (adj) CIPHER
of the nature of a cipher; of no weight or influence

2. (noun) CIPHER
a character [0] which, standing by itself, expresses nothing, but when placed at the right hand of a whole number, increases its value tenfold

3. (noun) CIPHER
one who, or that which, has no weight or influence

4. (noun) CIPHER
a character in general, as a figure or letter

5. (noun) CIPHER
a combination or interweaving of letters, as the initials of a name; a device; a monogram; as, a painter's cipher, an engraver's cipher, etc. The cut represents the initials N. W

6. (noun) CIPHER
a private alphabet, system of characters, or other mode of writing, contrived for the safe transmission of secrets; also, a writing in such characters

7. (verb) CIPHER
to use figures in a mathematical process; to do sums in arithmetic

8. (verb) CIPHER
to write in occult characters

9. (verb) CIPHER
to get by ciphering; as, to cipher out the answer

10. (verb) CIPHER
to decipher

11. (verb) CIPHER
to designate by characters

Definition of 'CIPHER'

Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms

1. CIPHER
Any cryptographic system in which arbitrary symbols (or groups of symbols) represent units of plain text of regular length, usually single letters; units of plain text are rearranged; or both, in accordance with certain predetermined rules. See also cryptosystem.

Translation of 'CIPHER'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: secret writing; a code The message was written in cipher.
Afrikaans: syferskrif	Arabic: شِفْرَه، رُموز	Bulgarian: шифър
Brazilian: código	Czech: šifra, kód	German: die Chiffre
Danish: kodeskrift; kode	Greek: κώδικας, μυστική γραφή	Spanish: código
Estonian: salakiri	Farsi: رمز	Finnish: salakirjoitus
French: code	Hebrew: צוֹפֶן	Hindi: शून्य
Croatian: znak	Hungarian: titkosírás	Indonesian: sandi
Icelandic: dulmál	Italian: scrittura cifrata	Japanese: 暗号
Korean: 암호문	Lithuanian: šifras	Latvian: šifrs; kods
Malay: tulisan rahsia	Dutch: geheimschrift	Norwegian: kode, chifferskrift
Polish: szyfr	Persian: رمز	Pashto: ټكى، سفر (ه
Portuguese: código	Romanian: cod	Russian: шифр
Slovak: šifrované písmo	Slovenian: šifra	Serbian: šifra
Swedish: chiffer	Thai: รหัสลับ	Turkish: şifre
Taiwanese: 密碼	Ukrainian: шифр, код	Urdu: خفیہ تحریری زبان
Vietnamese: mật mã	Chinese: 密码
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