Cipher

Quick meaning: Cipher is a noun meaning A numeric character.

Meaning

A numeric character.

More Meanings

1. Any text character.
2. A combination or interweaving of letters, as the initials of a name.
3. A method of transforming a text in order to conceal its meaning.
4. (cryptography) A cryptographic system using an algorithm that converts letters or sequences of bits into ciphertext.
5. Ciphertext; a message concealed via a cipher.
6. A grouping of three digits in a number, especially when delimited by commas or periods:
7. (music) A fault in an organ valve which causes a pipe to sound continuously without the key having been pressed.

Example Sentences

a painter's cipher

a public-key cipher

an engraver's cipher

The message is clearly a cipher, but I can't figure it out.

Word Forms

• ciphers
• ciphering
• ciphered

Synonyms for cipher

Depending on context, synonyms include number, numeral, digit, device, monogram, code.

Antonyms for cipher

Common opposites include decode.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include cypher, cryptograph, encipher, encrypt, encode, code.

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