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Definitions for Ciphering

[1] zero.
[2] any of the Arabic numerals or figures.
[3] Arabic numerical notation collectively.
[4] something of no value or importance.
[5] a person of no influence; nonentity.
[6] a secret method of writing, as by transposition or substitution of letters, specially formed symbols, or the like. Compare cryptography.
[7] writing done by such a method; a coded message.
[8] the key to a secret method of writing.
[9] a combination of letters, as the initials of a name, in one design; monogram.
[10] to use figures or numerals arithmetically.
[11] to write in or as in cipher.
[12] to calculate numerically; figure.
[13] to convert into cipher.
[14] a method of secret writing using substitution or transposition of letters according to a key
[15] a secret message
[16] the key to a secret message
[17] an obsolete name for zero (def. 1)
[18] any of the Arabic numerals (0, 1, 2, 3, etc, to 9) or the Arabic system of numbering as a whole
[19] a person or thing of no importance; nonentity
[20] a design consisting of interwoven letters; monogram
[21] music a defect in an organ resulting in the continuous sounding of a pipe, the key of which has not been depressed
[22] to put (a message) into secret writing
[23] (intr) (of an organ pipe) to sound without having the appropriate key depressed
[24] rare to perform (a calculation) arithmetically

Words related to Ciphering

ciphercount, resolve, compute, calculate, figure, reckon, break, solve, decipher, unravel, estimate

Words nearby Ciphering

ciphercio, cion, cioppino, cip, cipango, cipher, ciphertext, ciphony, cipolin, cippus, cipro

Origin of Ciphering

1350–1400; Middle English siphre < Medieval Latin ciphra < Arabic ṣifr empty, zero; translation of Sanskrit śūnyā empty

Other words from Ciphering

ci·pher·a·ble , adjective
ci·pher·er , noun

Word origin for Ciphering

C14: from Old French cifre zero, from Medieval Latin cifra, from Arabic sifr zero, empty

Synonyms for Ciphering

break, calculate, compute, count, decipher, estimate, figure, reckon, resolve, solve, unravel, clear up