1. cipher - Noun
2. cipher - Adjective
3. cipher - Verb
A character [0] which, standing by itself, expresses nothing, but when placed at the right hand of a whole number, increases its value tenfold.
One who, or that which, has no weight or influence.
A character in general, as a figure or letter.
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.
A private alphabet, system of characters, or other mode of writing, contrived for the safe transmission of secrets; also, a writing in such characters.
Of the nature of a cipher; of no weight or influence.
To use figures in a mathematical process; to do sums in arithmetic.
To write in occult characters.
To get by ciphering; as, to cipher out the answer.
To decipher.
To designate by characters.
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reduced to nil all the work we had done Source: Internet
we racked up a pathetic goose egg Source: Internet
it was all for naught Source: Internet
I didn't hear zilch about it Source: Internet
We should encode the message for security reasons Source: Internet