Definition of cipher

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Cipher (n.) A character [0] which, standing by itself, expresses nothing, but when placed at the right hand of a whole number, increases its value tenfold..

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Epigraphy :: Epigraphy (n.) The science of inscriptions; the art of engraving inscriptions or of deciphering them.
Cipherer :: Cipherer (n.) One who ciphers.
Decipherment :: Decipherment (n.) The act of deciphering.
Zero :: Zero (n.) A cipher; nothing; naught.
Sextillion :: Sextillion (n.) According to the method of numeration (which is followed also in the United States), the number expressed by a unit with twenty-one ciphers annexed. According to the English method, a million raised to the sixth power, or the number expressed by a unit with thirty-six ciphers annexed. See Numeration..
Decipher :: Decipher (v. t.) To stamp; to detect; to discover.
Ciphered :: Ciphered (imp. & p. p.) of Ciphe.
Cryptography :: Cryptography (n.) The act or art of writing in secret characters; also, secret characters, or cipher..
Obliterate :: Obliterate (v. t.) To erase or blot out; to efface; to render undecipherable, as a writing..
Legible :: Legible (a.) Capable of being read or deciphered; distinct to the eye; plain; -- used of writing or printing; as, a fair, legible manuscript..
Decipher :: Decipher (v. t.) To find out, so as to be able to make known the meaning of; to make out or read, as words badly written or partly obliterated; to detect; to reveal; to unfold..
Nothing :: Nothing (n.) A cipher; naught.
Steganophthalmata :: Steganography (n.) The art of writing in cipher, or in characters which are not intelligible except to persons who have the key; cryptography..
Monogram :: Monogram (n.) A character or cipher composed of two or more letters interwoven or combined so as to represent a name, or a part of it (usually the initials). Monograms are often used on seals, ornamental pins, rings, buttons, and by painters, engravers, etc., to distinguish their works..
Polygraphy :: Polygraphy (n.) The art of writing in various ciphers, and of deciphering the same..
Octillion :: Octillion (n.) According to the French method of numeration (which method is followed also in the United States) the number expressed by a unit with twenty-seven ciphers annexed. According to the English method, the number expressed by a unit with forty-eight ciphers annexed. See Numeration..
Decipher :: Decipher (v. t.) To translate from secret characters or ciphers into intelligible terms; as, to decipher a letter written in secret characters..
Cryptograph :: Cryptograph (n.) Cipher; something written in cipher.
Uncypher :: Uncypher (v. t.) See Uncipher.
Cipher :: Cipher (n.) One who, or that which, has no weight or influence..
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