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Definition of Cipher
Ci´pher | n. | 1. | | | 1. | (Arith.) A character [0] which, standing by itself, expresses nothing, but when placed at the right hand of a whole number, increases its value tenfold. | | 2. | One who, or that which, has no weight or influence. | | 3. | A character in general, as a figure or letter. | | 4. | A combination or interweaving of letters, as the initials of a name; a device; a monogram; as, a painter's cipher, an engraver's cipher, etc. The cut represents the initials N. W. | | 5. | A private alphabet, system of characters, or other mode of writing, contrived for the safe transmission of secrets; also, a writing in such characters. | | a. | 1. | Of the nature of a cipher; of no weight or influence. | | v. i. | 1. | To use figures in a mathematical process; to do sums in arithmetic. | | v. t. | 1. | To write in occult characters. | | 2. | To get by ciphering; as, to cipher out the answer. | | 3. | To decipher. | | 4. | To designate by characters. |
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