Definition of Cypher

Noun

• a message written in a secret code
  cipher
• a secret method of writing
  cipher cryptograph - secret code
• a person of no influence
  cipher nobody nonentity
• 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"
  nothing nil nix nada null aught cipher - goose egg naught zero zilch zip zippo
• a mathematical element that when added to another number yields the same number
  zero - 0 nought cipher

Verb

• make a mathematical calculation or computation
  calculate cipher compute - work out reckon figure
• convert ordinary language into code
  "We should encode the message for security reasons"
  code encipher cipher encrypt inscribe - write in code

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