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Толковый словарь английского языка - cipher

 

Cipher

cipher
I. noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from Medieval Latin cifra, from Arabic ṣifr empty, ~, zero Date: 14th century 1. zero 1a, one that has no weight, worth, or influence ; nonentity, 2. a method of transforming a text in order to conceal its meaning, a message in code, Arabic numeral, a combination of symbolic letters, II. verb (~ed; ~ing) Date: circa 1530 intransitive verb to use figures in a mathematical process, transitive verb en~, to compute arithmetically
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  n. & v. (also cypher) --n. 1 a a secret or disguised way of writing. b a thing written in this way. c the key to it. 2 the arithmetical symbol (0) denoting no amount but used to occupy a vacant place in decimal etc. numeration (as in 12.05). 3 a person or thing of no importance. 4 the interlaced initials of a person or company etc.; a monogram. 5 any Arabic numeral. 6 continuous sounding of an organ-pipe, caused by a mechanical defect. --v. 1 tr. put into secret writing, encipher. 2 a tr. (usu. foll. by out) work out by arithmetic, calculate. b intr. archaic do arithmetic. Etymology: ME, f. OF cif(f)re, ult. f. Arab sifr ZERO ...
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