noun Download 🔗Share A hinged or sliding door set into a floor or ceiling. Examples : "The old theater stage had several trapdoors, allowing actors to disappear quickly. " architecture building Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
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noun Download 🔗Share A secret method of obtaining access to a program or online system; a backdoor. Examples : "Security experts are constantly looking for trapdoors in the software to prevent hackers from gaining unauthorized access. " computing internet technology system Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share The special information that permits the inverse of a trapdoor function to be easily computed. Examples : "Alice can only easily decode Bob's secret messages because she possesses the trapdoors built into the encryption system. " computing technology math science Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A door in a level for regulating the ventilating current; weather door. Examples : "The workers adjusted the trapdoors in the mine shaft to control the flow of fresh air. " architecture building utility Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
