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CYPHER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A message written in a secret code
Synonyms:
cipher; cypher
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("cypher" is a kind of...):
message (a communication (usually brief) that is written or spoken or signaled)
Derivation:
cypher (convert ordinary language into code)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Synonyms:
cipher; cryptograph; cypher; secret code
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("cypher" is a kind of...):
code (a coding system used for transmitting messages requiring brevity or secrecy)
Derivation:
cypher (convert ordinary language into code)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Synonyms:
cipher; cypher; nobody; nonentity
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("cypher" is a kind of...):
common man; common person; commoner (a person who holds no title)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "cypher"):
pip-squeak; small fry; squirt (someone who is small and insignificant)
jackanapes; lightweight; whippersnapper (someone who is unimportant but cheeky and presumptuous)
Sense 4
Meaning:
Example:
I didn't hear zilch about it
Synonyms:
aught; cipher; cypher; goose egg; nada; naught; nil; nix; nothing; null; zero; zilch; zip; zippo
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Hypernyms ("cypher" is a kind of...):
relative quantity (a quantity relative to some purpose)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "cypher"):
nihil ((Latin) nil; nothing (as used by a sheriff after an unsuccessful effort to serve a writ))
bugger all; Fanny Adams; fuck all; sweet Fanny Adams (little or nothing at all)
Sense 5
Meaning:
A mathematical element that when added to another number yields the same number
Synonyms:
0; cipher; cypher; nought; zero
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Hypernyms ("cypher" is a kind of...):
digit; figure (one of the elements that collectively form a system of numeration)
Derivation:
cypher (make a mathematical calculation or computation)
II. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they cypher ... he / she / it cyphers
Past simple: cyphered
-ing form: cyphering
Sense 1
Meaning:
Make a mathematical calculation or computation
Synonyms:
calculate; cipher; compute; cypher; figure; reckon; work out
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Hypernyms (to "cypher" is one way to...):
reason (think logically)
Verb group:
work out (be calculated)
Domain category:
math; mathematics; maths (a science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangement)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "cypher"):
resolve; solve (find the solution)
capitalise; capitalize (compute the present value of a business or an income)
budget (make a budget)
approximate; estimate; gauge; guess; judge (judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time))
survey (plot a map of (land))
integrate (calculate the integral of; calculate by integration)
differentiate (calculate a derivative; take the derivative)
extrapolate; interpolate (estimate the value of)
divide; fraction (perform a division)
multiply (combine by multiplication)
deduct; subtract; take off (make a subtraction)
add; add together (make an addition by combining numbers)
factor; factor in; factor out (resolve into factors)
average; average out (compute the average of)
recalculate (calculate anew)
miscalculate; misestimate (calculate incorrectly)
prorate (divide or assess proportionally)
process (perform mathematical and logical operations on (data) according to programmed instructions in order to obtain the required information)
extract (calculate the root of a number)
quantise; quantize (apply quantum theory to; restrict the number of possible values of (a quantity) or states of (a physical entity or system) so that certain variables can assume only certain discrete magnitudes that are integral multiples of a common factor)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
Derivation:
cypher (a mathematical element that when added to another number yields the same number)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Convert ordinary language into code
Example:
We should encode the message for security reasons
Synonyms:
cipher; code; cypher; encipher; encrypt; inscribe; write in code
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Hypernyms (to "cypher" is one way to...):
encode (convert information into code)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
cypher (a message written in a secret code)
cypher (a secret method of writing)