cipher
cipher is a polysyllabic word with 2 syllables. Using the Knuth-Liang algorithm, we calculated the hyphenation for the word you’ve entered. However, this hyphenation has not been verified against authoritative sources and may be approximate. This is because the algorithm relies on pre-defined patterns that may not cover all exceptions, contextual variations, or irregular spellings. We are working to verify hyphenations against trusted sources to ensure greater accuracy. For now, cipher is hyphenated as:
Definitions ofcipher
- A numeric character.
- Any text character.
- A combination or interweaving of letters, as the initials of a name; a device; a monogram.
Example: "a painter's cipher, an engraver's cipher, etc."
- A method of transforming a text in order to conceal its meaning.
Example: "The message was written in a simple cipher. Anyone could figure it out."
- A cryptographic system using an algorithm that converts letters or sequences of bits into ciphertext.
- Ciphertext; a message concealed via a cipher.
Example: "The message is clearly a cipher, but I can't figure it out."
- A grouping of three digits in a number, especially when delimited by commas or periods:
Example: "The probability is 1 in 1,000,000,000,000,000 — a number having five ciphers of zeros."
- A fault in an organ valve which causes a pipe to sound continuously without the key having been pressed.
- A hip-hop jam session.
- The path (usually circular) shared cannabis takes through a group, an occasion of cannabis smoking.
- Someone or something of no importance.
- Zero.
- To calculate.
Example: "I never learned much more than how to read and cipher."
- To write in code or cipher.
- Of an organ pipe: to sound independent of the organ.
- To decipher.
Nearby Words
17 wordsTrending in English (US)
Terms getting hyphenated by users right now.