Trapdoor Definition

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noun
A hinged or sliding door in a roof, ceiling, or floor.
Webster's New World

(theater) Such a trap set into the floor of a stage to allow fast exits and entrances.

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(computing) A secret method of obtaining access to a program or online system; a backdoor.

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(mathematics, cryptography) The special information that permits the inverse of a trapdoor function to be easily computed.

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(mining) A door in a level for regulating the ventilating current; weather door.

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Other Word Forms of Trapdoor

Noun

Singular:
trapdoor
Plural:
trapdoors

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