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Cipher   /sˈaɪfər/   Listen
Cipher

noun
1.
A message written in a secret code.  Synonym: cypher.
2.
A mathematical element that when added to another number yields the same number.  Synonyms: 0, cypher, nought, zero.
3.
A quantity of no importance.  Synonyms: aught, cypher, goose egg, nada, naught, nil, nix, nothing, null, zero, zilch, zip, zippo.  "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"
4.
A person of no influence.  Synonyms: cypher, nobody, nonentity.
5.
A secret method of writing.  Synonyms: cryptograph, cypher, secret code.
verb
(past & past part. ciphered; pres. part. ciphering)
1.
Convert ordinary language into code.  Synonyms: code, cypher, encipher, encrypt, inscribe, write in code.
2.
Make a mathematical calculation or computation.  Synonyms: calculate, compute, cypher, figure, reckon, work out.





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"Cipher" Quotes from Famous Books



... can do is to assign a minor limit to the period through which tidal evolution has been in progress. It is certain that the birth of the moon must have occurred at least fifty million years ago, but probably the true period is enormously greater than this. If indeed we choose to add a cipher or two to the figure just printed, I do not think there is anything which could tell us that we have over-estimated the mark. Therefore, when I speak of the epoch in which the month possessed the greatest number of days as a recent one, it must be understood ...
— Time and Tide - A Romance of the Moon • Robert S. (Robert Stawell) Ball
... still harping on that? But, my dear, you might as well bury me alive! Already I'm a mere cipher in ...
— Library Of The World's Best Literature, Ancient And Modern, Vol 3 • Various
... prophecy? He had hardly ceased speaking when an officer appeared with a telegram in his hand. This the major eagerly took and, noting that it was in cipher, read it by means of the code he carried in his ...
— The Filigree Ball • Anna Katharine Green
... Ministre, 12 Juin, 1756. The original is in cipher.] "M. de Vaudreuil overwhelms me with civilities," Montcalm writes to the Minister of War. "I think that he is pleased with my conduct towards him, and that it persuades him there are general officers in France who can act under his orders without prejudice or ill-humor."[380] ...
— Montcalm and Wolfe • Francis Parkman
... reading cipher, indicates that you are interested in literary researches, and by constant study you will become well acquainted with the habits and ...
— 10,000 Dreams Interpreted • Gustavus Hindman Miller


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