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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Cipher \Ci"pher\, n. [OF. cifre zero, F. Chiffre figure (cf.
     Sp.cifra, LL. cifra), fr. Ar. [,c]ifrun, [,c]afrun, empty,
     cipher, zero, fr. [,c]afira to be empty. Cf. Zero.]
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     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.
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     2. One who, or that which, has no weight or influence.
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              Here he was a mere cipher.            --W. Irving.
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     3. A character in general, as a figure or letter. [Obs.]
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              This wisdom began to be written in ciphers and
              characters and letters bearing the forms of
              creatures.                            --Sir W.
                                                    Raleigh.
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     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.
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     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.
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              His father . . . engaged him when he was very young
              to write all his letters to England in cipher. --Bp.
                                                    Burnet.
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     Cipher key, a key to assist in reading writings in cipher.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Cipher \Ci"pher\, a.
     Of the nature of a cipher; of no weight or influence.
     ``Twelve cipher bishops.'' --Milton.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Cipher \Ci"pher\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Ciphered; p. pr. & vb.
     n. Ciphering.]
     To use figures in a mathematical process; to do sums in
     arithmetic.
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           ``T was certain he could write and cipher too.
                                                    --Goldsmith.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Cipher \Ci"pher\, v. t.
     1. To write in occult characters.
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              His notes he ciphered with Greek characters.
                                                    --Hayward.
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     2. To get by ciphering; as, to cipher out the answer.
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     3. To decipher. [Obs.] --Shak.
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     4. To designate by characters. [Obs.] --Shak.
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Cipher \Ci"pher\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Ciphered; p. pr. & vb.
     n. Ciphering.]
     To use figures in a mathematical process; to do sums in
     arithmetic.
  
           ``T was certain he could write and cipher too.
                                                    --Goldsmith.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Cipher \Ci"pher\, v. t.
     1. To write in occult characters.
  
              His notes he ciphered with Greek characters.
                                                    --Hayward.
  
     2. To get by ciphering; as, to cipher out the answer.
  
     3. To decipher. [Obs.] --Shak.
  
     4. To designate by characters. [Obs.] --Shak.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Cipher \Ci"pher\, n. [OF. cifre zero, F. Chiffre figure (cf. Sp.
     cifra, LL. cifra), fr. Ar. [,c]ifrun, [,c]afrun, empty,
     cipher, zero, fr. [,c]afira to be empty. Cf. Zero.]
     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.
  
              Here he was a mere cipher.            --W. Irving.
  
     3. A character in general, as a figure or letter. [Obs.]
  
              This wisdom began to be written in ciphers and
              characters and letters bearing the forms of
              creatures.                            --Sir W.
                                                    Raleigh.
  
     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.
  
              His father . . . engaged him when he was very young
              to write all his letters to England in cipher. --Bp.
                                                    Burnet.
  
     Cipher key, a key to assist in reading writings in cipher.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Cipher \Ci"pher\, a.
     Of the nature of a cipher; of no weight or influence.
     ``Twelve cipher bishops.'' --Milton.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  cipher
       n 1: a message written in a secret code [syn: cypher]
       2: a mathematical element that when added to another number
          yields the same number [syn: zero, 0, nought, cypher]
       3: 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" [syn: nothing,
           nil, nix, nada, null, aught, cypher, goose
          egg, naught, zero, zilch, zip]
       4: a person of no influence [syn: cypher, nobody, nonentity]
       5: a secret method of writing [syn: cypher, cryptograph, secret
          code]
       v 1: convert ordinary language into code; "We should encode the
            message for security reasons" [syn: encode, code, encipher,
             cypher, encrypt, inscribe, write in code] [ant:
             decode]
       2: make a mathematical calculation or computation [syn: calculate,
           cypher, compute, work out, reckon, figure]

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  cipher
     n.
     1 A numeric character.
     2 Any text character.
     3 A combination or interweaving of letters, as the initials of a
  name.
     4 A method of transforming a text in order to conceal its meaning.
     5 (lb en cryptography) A cryptographic system using an algorithm that
  converts letters or sequences of bits into ciphertext.
     6 ciphertext; a message concealed via a '''cipher'''.
     7 A grouping of three digits in a number, especially when delimited
  by commas or periods:
     8 (lb en music) A fault in an organ valve which causes a pipe to
  sound continuously without the key having been pressed.
     9 (lb en music slang) A hip-hop jam
  session.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20060213154654/http://rapdict.org/Cipher
  Rap Dictionary. Retrieved 30 November 2005.</ref>
     10 (lb en slang) The path (usually circular) shared cannabis takes
  through a group, an occasion of cannabis smoking.
     11 Someone or something of no importance.
     12 (lb en dated) zero.
     13 (eggcorn of en siphon)
     vb.
     1 (lb en intransitive regional dated) To calculate.
     2 (lb en intransitive) To write in code or cipher.
     3 (lb en intransitive music) Of an organ pipe: to sound independent
  of the organ.
     4 (lb en obsolete) To decipher.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  cipher
     n.
     1 A numeric character.
     2 Any text character.
     3 A combination or interweaving of letters, as the initials of a
  name.
     4 A method of transforming a text in order to conceal its meaning.
     5 (lb en cryptography) A cryptographic system using an algorithm that
  converts letters or sequences of bits into ciphertext.
     6 ciphertext; a message concealed via a '''cipher'''.
     7 A grouping of three digits in a number, especially when delimited
  by commas or periods:
     8 (lb en music) A fault in an organ valve which causes a pipe to
  sound continuously without the key having been pressed.
     9 (lb en music slang) A hip-hop jam
  session.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20060213154654/http://rapdict.org/Cipher
  Rap Dictionary. Retrieved 30 November 2005.</ref>
     10 (lb en slang) The path (usually circular) shared cannabis takes
  through a group, an occasion of cannabis smoking.
     11 Someone or something of no importance.
     12 (lb en dated) zero.
     13 (eggcorn of en siphon)
     vb.
     1 (lb en intransitive regional dated) To calculate.
     2 (lb en intransitive) To write in code or cipher.
     3 (lb en intransitive music) Of an organ pipe: to sound independent
  of the organ.
     4 (lb en obsolete) To decipher.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  cipher
     n.
     1 A numeric character.
     2 Any text character.
     3 A combination or interweaving of letters, as the initials of a
  name.
     4 A method of transforming a text in order to conceal its meaning.
     5 (lb en cryptography) A cryptographic system using an algorithm that
  converts letters or sequences of bits into ciphertext.
     6 ciphertext; a message concealed via a '''cipher'''.
     7 A grouping of three digits in a number, especially when delimited
  by commas or periods:
     8 (lb en music) A fault in an organ valve which causes a pipe to
  sound continuously without the key having been pressed.
     9 (lb en music slang) A hip-hop jam
  session.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20060213154654/http://rapdict.org/Cipher
  Rap Dictionary. Retrieved 30 November 2005.</ref>
     10 (lb en slang) The path (usually circular) shared cannabis takes
  through a group, an occasion of cannabis smoking.
     11 Someone or something of no importance.
     12 (lb en dated) zero.
     13 (eggcorn of en siphon)
     vb.
     1 (lb en intransitive regional dated) To calculate.
     2 (lb en intransitive) To write in code or cipher.
     3 (lb en intransitive music) Of an organ pipe: to sound independent
  of the organ.
     4 (lb en obsolete) To decipher.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  cipher
     n.
     1 A numeric character.
     2 Any text character.
     3 A combination or interweaving of letters, as the initials of a
  name.
     4 A method of transforming a text in order to conceal its meaning.
     5 (lb en cryptography) A cryptographic system using an algorithm that
  converts letters or sequences of bits into ciphertext.
     6 ciphertext; a message concealed via a '''cipher'''.
     7 A grouping of three digits in a number, especially when delimited
  by commas or periods:
     8 (lb en music) A fault in an organ valve which causes a pipe to
  sound continuously without the key having been pressed.
     9 (lb en music slang) A hip-hop jam
  session.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20060213154654/http://rapdict.org/Cipher
  Rap Dictionary. Retrieved 30 November 2005.</ref>
     10 (lb en slang) The path (usually circular) shared cannabis takes
  through a group, an occasion of cannabis smoking.
     11 Someone or something of no importance.
     12 (lb en dated) zero.
     13 (eggcorn of en siphon)
     vb.
     1 (lb en intransitive regional dated) To calculate.
     2 (lb en intransitive) To write in code or cipher.
     3 (lb en intransitive music) Of an organ pipe: to sound independent
  of the organ.
     4 (lb en obsolete) To decipher.

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  cipher
     Englanti n.
     1 salakieli, salakirjoitus, koodi
     2 suuresta luvusta yksittäinen kolmen numeron jakso (varsinkin, kun
  jaksot on eritelty pilkuin tai välilyönnein)
     Englanti vb.
     1 koodata
     2 (vanha) laskea

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  cipher
     Engelska n.
     1 chiffer
     2 (tagg ålderdomligt språk=en) siffra
     Engelska vb.
     chiffrera

From English-Afrikaans FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-afr ]


  cipher /sˈaɪfə/
  syfer

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Cipher /sˈaɪfə/
  الصفر

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  cipher //ˈsaɪfə// //ˈsaɪfɚ// 
  1. шифър
  cryptographic system
  2. шифриране
  method for concealing the meaning of text
  3. цифра
  numeric character