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cipher [n]
 
1)a message written in a secret code
    Synonyms :cypher 
    See Also: message 
 
2)a mathematical element that when added to another number yields the same number
    Synonyms :0 cypher nought zero 
    See Also: digit  calculate  zero 
 
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"
    Synonyms :aught cypher goose_egg nada naught nil nix nothing null zero zilch zip 
    See Also: relative_quantity  zero  nihil  bugger_all 
 
4)a person of no influence
    Synonyms :cypher nobody nonentity 
    See Also: common_man  pip-squeak  jackanapes 
 
5)a secret method of writing
    Synonyms :cryptograph cypher secret_code 
    See Also: code 
 
cipher [v]
 
1)convert ordinary language into code; "We should encode the message for security reasons"
    Synonyms :code cypher encipher encode encrypt inscribe write_in_code 
    See Also: write  encoding  code  code  coder  coding  decipher 
 
2)make a mathematical calculation or computation
    Synonyms :calculate compute cypher figure reckon work_out 
    See Also: math  reason  figure  figure  calculator  calculation  figure_out  bet  calculation  computer  0  calculus  calculating_machine  quantise  work_out  extract  process  prorate  miscalculate  recalculate  average  factor  add  deduct  multiply  divide  extrapolate  differentiate  integrate  survey  approximate  budget  capitalise  resolve 
 




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