Definitions for Decipherment
de·ci·pher·ment

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:3.8 / 5 votes

1. decoding, decryption, deciphermentnoun

   the activity of making clear or converting from code into plain text

   "a secret key or password is required for decryption"

WiktionaryRate this definition:3.7 / 7 votes

1. deciphermentnoun

   The analysis of documents written in ancient languages, where the language is unknown, or knowledge of the language has been lost.

2. deciphermentnoun

   decryption

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. decipherment

   Decipherment refers to the act of decoding or interpreting something that is difficult to understand, such as a code, cipher, or an ancient script. It involves using various methods, techniques, and knowledge to determine the meaning or hidden message behind the encoded information. Decipherment is crucial in fields such as cryptography, archaeology, linguistics, and historical research.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:3.0 / 2 votes

1. Deciphermentnoun

   the act of deciphering

WikidataRate this definition:2.3 / 4 votes

1. Decipherment

   Decipherment is the analysis of documents written in ancient languages, where the language is unknown, or knowledge of the language has been lost. It is closely related to cryptanalysis — the difference being that the original document was deliberately written to be difficult to interpret. The term has also been used to describe the analysis of the genetic code information encoded in DNA - see the Human Genome Project article for more on this. Some people have also used the word metaphorically to mean something like 'understanding'. Examples of successful script decipherment: ⁕Cuneiform script ⁕Egyptian hieroglyphs ⁕Kharoshthi script ⁕Linear B ⁕Maya script ⁕Tangut script Famous documents that have been the subject of decipherments, successful or failed: ⁕the Behistun Inscription ⁕the Dresden Codex ⁕the Edicts of Ashoka ⁕the Phaistos Disc ⁕the Rohonc Codex ⁕the Rosetta Stone ⁕the Voynich Manuscript ⁕the Franks Casket Famous decipherers: ⁕Magnus Celsius, decipherer of the Staveless runes ⁕Jean-François Champollion, decipherer of the Egyptian hieroglyphs ⁕Georg Friedrich Grotefend, decipherer of the Old Persian Cuneiform ⁕Edward Hincks, decipherer of the Babilonian Cuneiform script ⁕Bedřich Hrozný, decipherer of the Hittite cuneiform script and language

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Decipherment in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Decipherment in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Decipherment
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Decipherment
3. ^ ChatGPT
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4. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Decipherment
5. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=Decipherment