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cypher Definition

cy·pher (fər)

noun, transitive verb, intransitive verb

Brit. cipher
cypher Usage Examples

Adjective modifier

  • royal: The first type of reverse had six lions on the surround and the royal cipher in the middle.
  • historical: The author creates a backstory for Anne of Cleves that turns a historical cipher into a three-dimensional character.

Converse of object

  • use: Could this be because they use numeric postcodes, while the civilized world uses alphanumeric ciphers?
  • become: But such issues nevertheless have a habit of becoming ciphers for much more deep rooted social and economic problems.

Converse of subject

  • post: Posted by cipher · April 5, 2003 12:46 PM Amazing how ppl change.

Modifies a noun

  • machine: Chapter 3 tells of the history of the Enigma cipher machine.
  • clerk: Then, having been trained as a cipher clerk, Roxane was commissioned and worked in Liverpool during the devastating air raids.
  • strength: To access the secure site, your browser must be capable of supporting 128 bit cipher strength encryption.

Noun used with modifier

  • encryption: This implementation contain many different encryption cipher ( including all the AES finalists ), but is subject to US export controls.
  • substitution: It did not include numerals nor word replacements, but was a straight-forward alphabetic substitution cipher.

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