Cypher

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Cypher \Cy"pher\ (s?"f?r), n. & v.
     See {Cipher}.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  cypher
       n 1: a mathematical element that when added to another number
            yields the same number [syn: {zero}, {0}, {nought}, {cipher}]
       2: 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}, {cipher}, {goose
          egg}, {naught}, {zero}, {zilch}, {zip}]
       3: a person of no influence [syn: {cipher}, {nobody}, {nonentity}]
       4: a secret method of writing [syn: {cipher}, {cryptograph}, {secret
          code}]
       5: a message written in a secret code [syn: {cipher}]
       v 1: convert ordinary language into code; "We should encode the
            message for security reasons" [syn: {encode}, {code}, {encipher},
             {cipher}, {encrypt}, {inscribe}, {write in code}] [ant:
             {decode}]
       2: make a mathematical calculation or computation [syn: {calculate},
           {cipher}, {compute}, {work out}, {reckon}, {figure}]