cipher

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Synonyms: cypher, cither, copher, pipher, sipher, ciper

Antonyms: cypher, cither, copher, pipher, sipher, ciper

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Noun

1. {{lb|en|dated}} A numeric character.
2. {{lb|en|obsolete}} Any text character.
3. {{lb|en|archaic}} 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. {{lb|en|cryptography}} A cryptographic system using an [[algorithm]] that converts [[letter]]s or sequences of [[bit]]s into [[ciphertext]].
6. [[ciphertext|Ciphertext]]; a message concealed via a '''cipher'''.
7. {{lb|en|obsolete}} A grouping of three digits in a number, especially when delimited by commas or periods.
8. {{lb|en|music}} A fault in an [[organ]] [[valve]] which causes a pipe to sound continuously without the key having been pressed.
9. {{lb|en|music|slang|usually spelled as [[cypher]]}} A [[hip-hop]] [[jam session]].<ref>{{cite-web|entry=Cipher|work=Rap Dictionary|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20050403224719/http://www.rapdict.org/Cipher|year=2005}}.</ref>
10. {{lb|en|slang}} The path (usually circular) shared [[cannabis]] takes through a group, an occasion of cannabis smoking.
11. {{lb|en|dated}} Someone or something of no importance.
12. {{lb|en|dated}} [[zero|Zero]].

Verb

1. {{lb|en|intransitive|regional|dated}} To [[calculate]].
2. {{lb|en|intransitive}} To write in [[code]] or cipher.
3. {{lb|en|intransitive|music}} Of an [[organ]] [[pipe]]: to sound independent of the organ.
4. {{lb|en|obsolete}} To [[decipher]].

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