cypher

[US]/'saɪfə/
[UK]/ˈsaɪfɚ/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. zero; a code book
vi. to calculate
vt. to write in code

Example Sentences

He used a cypher to encrypt his messages.

The detective cracked the cypher to solve the case.

The ancient scroll contained a mysterious cypher.

They used a special cypher key to decode the secret message.

The spy communicated with headquarters using a secret cypher.

The students were challenged to create their own cypher for a class project.

The cypher on the ancient artifact remains undeciphered.

The hacker attempted to break the cypher protecting the database.

She wrote a love letter in a secret cypher to her partner.

Real-world Examples

" No, I don't. Do you think he is a cypher, Slightly" ?

Source: Peter Pan

" I don't think he is a cypher, " Tootles cried instantly. " Do you think he is a cypher, Curly" ?

Source: Peter Pan

" You're just in time. Well, the cypher ... the word for the lock" ?

Source: The Mystery of 813 (Part 1)

Variations on the words " cypher" or " number" in different languages; eg " Herr Ziffer" .

Source: Casino Royale of the 007 series

An absolute dead-ringer for the Zodiac sketch, and his name seems to appear in the cyphers.

Source: World Atlas of Wonders

The first is that it's written in cypher, a secret code deliberately designed to hide secret meaning.

Source: TED-Ed (video version)

The handkerchiefs were of very fine lawn and the initials embroidered in a complicated cypher were surmounted by a crown of strawberry leaves.

Source: Veil

It turned out that not one of them thought him a cypher; and he was absurdly gratified, and said he would find space for them all in the drawing-room if they fitted in.

Source: Peter Pan

The princes and lords were wholly taken up in providing what was necessary for a splendid appearance, and in mingling in their cyphers and devices somewhat of gallantry that had relation to the ladies they were in love with.

Source: Princess Cleve

The laws respecting woman, which I mean to discuss in a future part, make an absurd unit of a man and his wife; and then, by the easy transition of only considering him as responsible, she is reduced to a mere cypher.

Source: Defending Feminism (Part 2)

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