Associations to the word «Cypher»

Wiktionary

CYPHER, noun. Alternative spelling of cipher
CYPHER, verb. Alternative spelling of cipher

Dictionary definition

CYPHER, noun. A mathematical element that when added to another number yields the same number.
CYPHER, noun. A quantity of no importance; "it looked like nothing I had ever seen before"; "reduced to nil all the work we had done"; "we racked up a pathetic goose egg"; "it was all for naught"; "I didn't hear zilch about it".
CYPHER, noun. A person of no influence.
CYPHER, noun. A secret method of writing.
CYPHER, noun. A message written in a secret code.
CYPHER, verb. Convert ordinary language into code; "We should encode the message for security reasons".
CYPHER, verb. Make a mathematical calculation or computation.

Wise words

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