cipher
ci
ˈsaÉĒ
sai
pher
fɜr
fēr
/sˈa‌ÉĒfɐ/
cypher

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "cipher"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āϏāĻžāχāĻĢāĻžāϰ, āĻ—ā§‹āĻĒāύ āϕ⧋āĻĄ

a piece of writing that hides its meaning using a code only certain people can understand
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
They intercepted a cipher containing the enemy's battle plans.
āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āĻļāĻ¤ā§āϰ⧁āϰ āϝ⧁āĻĻā§āϧ⧇āϰ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻ•āĻ˛ā§āĻĒāύāĻž āϏāĻŽā§āĻŦāϞāĻŋāϤ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϏāĻžāχāĻĢāĻžāϰ āφāϟāĻ•āĻžāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
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āϏāĻžāχāĻĢāĻžāϰ, āĻ—ā§‹āĻĒāύ āϕ⧋āĻĄ

a specific code or set of rules used to disguise the content of a message
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The cipher used by the hackers was nearly impossible to crack.
āĻšā§āϝāĻžāĻ•āĻžāϰāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšā§ƒāϤ āϏāĻžāχāĻĢāĻžāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻ…āϟ⧁āϟ āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻļā§‚āĻ¨ā§āϝ, āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϤ⧁āĻšā§āĻ› āĻŦā§āϝāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ

someone considered unimportant or lacking any real influence
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Without her team, she was just a cipher in the company.
āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĻāϞ āĻ›āĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻž, āϏ⧇ āϕ⧋āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻžāύāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻļ⧁āϧ⧁ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻļā§‚āĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻļā§‚āĻ¨ā§āϝ, āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁āχ āύāĻž

something considered insignificant
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The gesture was symbolic; otherwise, it was a cipher.
āĻ…āĻ™ā§āĻ—āĻ­āĻ™ā§āĻ—āĻŋāϟāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāϤ⧀āϕ⧀ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ; āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āϝāĻĨāĻžāϝāĻŧ, āĻāϟāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϏāĻžāχāĻĢāĻžāϰ āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻļā§‚āĻ¨ā§āϝ, āĻļā§‚āĻ¨ā§āϝ āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻž

a number that leaves another number unchanged when added
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The mathematician explained why the cipher is essential in computations.
āĻ—āĻŖāĻŋāϤāĻŦāĻŋāĻĻ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ āϕ⧇āύ āĻ—āĻŖāύāĻžāϝāĻŧ āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻž āĻ…āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻšāĻžāĻ°ā§āϝāĨ¤
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āϏāĻžāχāĻĢāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϕ⧋āĻĄ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to turn normal writing into a coded form so its meaning is hidden
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The program can cipher any text into numbers.
āĻĒā§āϰ⧋āĻ—ā§āϰāĻžāĻŽāϟāĻŋ āϝ⧇āϕ⧋āύ⧋ āĻŸā§‡āĻ•ā§āϏāϟāϕ⧇ āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧ āϏāĻžāχāĻĢāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻ—āĻŖāύāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϏāĻžāχāĻĢāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to calculate a number
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He ciphers quickly in his head without using a calculator.
āϏ⧇ āĻ•ā§āϝāĻžāϞāϕ⧁āϞ⧇āϟāϰ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āύāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻŽāĻžāĻĨāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻĻā§āϰ⧁āϤ āϏāĻžāχāĻĢāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤
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