cipher

n. சுழி, சுன்னம், இன்மைக்குறி, தான வெறுமைக்குறி, பயனற்றது, பயனற்றவர், மதிப்பு ஏதுமற்றவர், முக்கியத்துவமற்ற ஆள், அரபு இலக்கம், அரபுக்குறியீடு, பெயரின் முதலெழுத்துக்களின் இணைப்பு, சொற்குறி, புரியா எழுத்து, மறைகுறியீடு, குறிப்பெழுத்து, மறை திறவு, இசைக் கருவிக் குறைபாட்டினால் தொடர்தெழும் ஒலி, (வி.) கணக்குச் செய், கணக்கீடு, திட்டம் செய், மறை எழுத்தாக்கு, மறைகுறியீடாக எழுது, கணி, திட்டமிடு, இசைக்கருவி வகையில் மீட்டப்படாமலே தொடர்ந்து ஒலி செய்.

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Ci"pher, n. Etym: [OF. cifre zero, F. Chiffre figure (cf. Sp.cifra, LL. cifra), fr. Ar. çifrun, çafrun, empty, cipher, zero, fr. çafira to be empty. Cf. Zero.] 1. (Arith.) Defn: A character [0] which, standing by itself, expresses nothing, but when placed at the right hand of a whole number, increases its value tenfold. 2. One who, or that which, has no weight or influence. Here he was a mere cipher. W. Irving. 3. A character in general, as a figure or letter. [Obs.] This wisdom began to be written in ciphers and characters and letters bearing the forms of creatures. Sir W. Raleigh. 4. A combination or interweaving of letters, as the initials of a name; a device; a monogram; as, a painter's cipher, an engraver's cipher, etc. The cut represents the initials N. W. 5. A private alphabet, system of characters, or other mode of writing, contrived for the safe transmission of secrets; also, a writing in such characters. His father . . . engaged him when he was very young to write all his letters to England in cipher. Bp. Burnet. Cipher key, a key to assist in reading writings in cipher. Ci"pher, a. Defn: Of the nature of a cipher; of no weight or influence. "Twelve cipher bishops." Milton. Ci"pher, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Ciphered; p. pr. & vb. n. Ciphering.] Defn: To use figures in a mathematical process; to do sums in arithmetic. "T was certain he could write and cipher too. Goldsmith. Ci"pher, v. t. 1. To write in occult characters. His notes he ciphered with Greek characters. Hayward. 2. To get by ciphering; as, to cipher out the answer. 3. To decipher. [Obs.] Shak. 4. To designate by characters. [Obs.] Shak.