cypher has definitions from the fields of mathematics,writing
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[ noun ] a message written in a secret code

Synonyms

cipher

Related terms

message encode

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[ noun ] a person of no influence
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[ noun ] a quantity of no importance

Examples

"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"

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[ noun ] (mathematics) a mathematical element that when added to another number yields the same number

Synonyms

0 zero cipher nought

Related terms

digit calculate

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[ verb ] (writing) convert ordinary language into code

Examples

"We should encode the message for security reasons"

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[ noun ] a quantity of no importance

Examples

"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"

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[ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 20302
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[ noun ] a secret method of writing

Related terms

code encode

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