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| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | cryptograph, cypher, secret code |
| Type of | code |
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | aught, cypher, goose egg, nada, naught, nil, nix, nothing, null, zero, zilch, zip, zippo |
| Type of | relative quantity |
| Has types | nihil, bugger all, fanny adams, sweet fanny adams, fuck all |
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | cypher, nobody, nonentity |
| Type of | commoner, common man, common person |
| Has types | pip-squeak, squirt, small fry, whippersnapper, jackanapes, lightweight |
cipher::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | calculate, compute, cypher, figure, reckon, work out |
| Type of | reason |
| Has types | misestimate, multiply, process, prorate, quantise, quantize, recalculate, resolve, solve, subtract, survey, take off, miscalculate, add, add together, approximate, average, average out, budget, capitalise, capitalize, deduct, differentiate, divide, estimate, extract, extrapolate, factor, factor in, factor out, fraction, gauge, guess, integrate, interpolate, judge |
| Verb group | work out |
Examples of cipher
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Even after 56 short stories and four novellas, Sherlock Holmes remains a cipher.
From the orlandosentinel.com
This was a teleprinterrotor cipher attachment codenamed Tunny at Bletchley Park.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Another similar concept is that of undeciphered cryptograms, or cipher messages.
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A cipher that can be broken in a substantial fraction of cases is just no good.
From the newscientist.com
At 46, Paul is a successful playwright and lover but, alas, a spiritual cipher.
From the time.com
The man was such a cipher that it's not possible to identify with him in any way.
From the nytimes.com
If you have something to hide, I suggest you communicate with a one-use cipher.
From the economist.com
The person decoding a cipher message would use an Enigma with identical settings.
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But it's not enough to generate sympathy for a protagonist who's such a cipher.
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- A message written in a secret code
- Code: convert ordinary language into code; "We should encode the message for security reasons"
- Calculate: make a mathematical calculation or computation
- Zero: a mathematical element that when added to another number yields the same number
- Nothing: 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"
- A person of no influence
- In cryptography, a cipher (or cypher) is an algorithm for performing encryption or decryption -- a series of well-defined steps that can be followed as a procedure. An alternative, less common term is encipherment. ...
- In cryptography, encryption is the process of transforming information (referred to as plaintext) using an algorithm (called cipher) to make it unreadable to anyone except those possessing special knowledge, usually referred to as a key. ...
- The second season of Alias premiered September 29, 2002 on ABC and concluded May 4, 2003 and was released on DVD in region 1 on December 2, 2003. Guest stars in season two include David Carradine, Ethan Hawke, Richard Lewis, Christian Slater, and Danny Trejo. ...
