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cipher

/ˈsaɪfɚ/ /ˈsaɪfə/

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noun

A numeric character.

Examples :

"My phone's calculator showed the cipher "123" for the product of 3 times 4. "

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noun

Any text character.

Examples :

"The email contained several unusual ciphers, making it hard to understand. "

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A combination or interweaving of letters, as the initials of a name; a device; a monogram.

Examples :

"Her initials, a beautiful cipher, were embroidered on the school scarf. "

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noun

A method of transforming a text in order to conceal its meaning.

Examples :

"The message was written in a simple cipher. Anyone could figure it out."

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A cryptographic system using an algorithm that converts letters or sequences of bits into ciphertext.

Examples :

"The students learned how to use a simple Caesar cipher to encode secret messages to each other. "

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noun

Ciphertext; a message concealed via a cipher.

Examples :

"The teacher wrote a math problem on the board, but it looked like a random string of numbers; we realized it was a cipher for the secret classroom password. "

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A grouping of three digits in a number, especially when delimited by commas or periods:

Examples :

"The probability is 1 in 1,000,000,000,000,000 — a number having five ciphers of zeros."

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A fault in an organ valve which causes a pipe to sound continuously without the key having been pressed.

Examples :

""The organist stopped playing when a loud cipher ruined the hymn, a high-pitched squeal that came from a pipe even when no keys were pressed." "

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A hip-hop jam session.

Examples :

"The students spent the afternoon in the park, enjoying a lively cipher. "

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The path (usually circular) shared cannabis takes through a group, an occasion of cannabis smoking.

Examples :

"The group's Friday night cipher was always a lively event. "

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noun

Someone or something of no importance.

Examples :

"The new student, a complete cipher, didn't participate in any class discussions. "

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noun

Examples :

"The final score was a cipher – zero points for our team. "

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verb

Examples :

"I never learned much more than how to read and cipher."

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verb

To write in code or cipher.

Examples :

"The spy ciphered his message to avoid being detected by the enemy. "

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Of an organ pipe: to sound independent of the organ.

Examples :

""During the organ concert, one of the pipes began to cipher, producing a sustained, unwanted note even when the organist wasn't pressing its key." "

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verb

Examples :

"The detective had to cipher the coded message to find the hidden location. "

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