Meaning

A numeric character..

Definitions by Sense

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

Example Sentences

In ſucceeding times this vnderſtanding wiſedome began to be written in Ciphers, and Characters, and letters bearing the forme of beaſtes, birds, and other creatures; […]

a painter's cipher

an engraver's cipher

Just then, an attendant to whom the Queen had whispered returned; and taking a small case from her hand, Anne produced a bracelet somewhat similar to the very one with which Francesca had parted, excepting that it had her cipher, surrounded by a wreath of fleurs-de-lis. "Louis, will you offer this to Mademoiselle Carrara?"

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

He was very early engaged in great ſecrets: For his fatherr, apprehending of what fatal conſequence it would have been to the King’s affairs if his correſpondence had been diſcovered by unfaithful Secretaries, engaged him when very young to write all his letters to England in cypher; ſo that he was generally half the day writing in cypher, or decyphering, and was ſo diſcrect, as well as faithful, that nothing was ever diſcovered by him.

a public-key cipher

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

Word Forms

• ciphers
• cypher
• ciphering
• ciphered

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When Should You Use Cipher?

Use cipher when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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