Meaning of CYPHER
| Pronunciation: | | 'sIfur
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- [n] a message written in a secret code
- [n] a secret method of writing
- [n] a person of no influence
- [n] 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"
- [n] a mathematical element that when added to another number yields the same number
- [v] make a mathematical calculation or computation
- [v] convert ordinary language into code; "We should encode the message for security reasons"
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| | Synonyms: | | 0, aught, calculate, cipher, cipher, cipher, cipher, cipher, code, compute, cryptograph, encipher, encode, encrypt, figure, goose egg, inscribe, nada, naught, nil, nix, nobody, nonentity, nothing, nought, null, reckon, secret code, work out, write in code, zero, zilch, zip |
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| | Antonyms: | | decipher, decode, decrypt | | |
| | See Also: | | add, add together, approximate, average, average out, bet, budget, bugger all, capitalise, capitalize, code, common man, common person, commoner, count, deduct, depend, differentiate, digit, divide, estimate, extract, extrapolate, factor, factor in, factor out, Fanny Adams, figure, figure out, fraction, fuck all, gauge, guess, integrate, interpolate, jackanapes, judge, lick, lightweight, look, message, miscalculate, misestimate, multiply, nihil, pip-squeak, process, prorate, puzzle out, quantise, quantize, reason, recalculate, relative quantity, resolve, small fry, solve, squirt, subtract, survey, sweet Fanny Adams, take off, whippersnapper, work, write | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Cy"pher\ (s?"f?r), n. & v.
See {Cipher}.
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