decipherment

Noun

Meaning

The act of deciphering.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

decoding decryption end reason analysis translation interpretation answer explanation comment illustration transcription illumination amplification exposition
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Antonyms

enigma problem difficulty disorder confusion doubt
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Hypernyms

cryptography steganography coding secret writing

Hyponyms

decompression

Examples

Prior to 1952, when M. Ventris first published his decipherment of the 'Linear B' tablets from Crete and Greece, showing that they were Greek, everyone assumed that Hebrew was recorded in writing before Greek. But now... we are reading Linear B Greek texts, written before the birth of Abraham. Cyrus H. Gordon

a secret key or password is required for decryption Source: Internet

Ancient Languages In many cases, a multilingual artifact is necessary to facilitate decipherment, the Rosetta Stone being the classic example. Source: Internet

Chadwick, Decipherment 1961 Pelican edition pp47-9 Michael Ventris and John Chadwick performed the bulk of their decipherment of Linear B between 1951 and 1953. Source: Internet

Historical decipherment claims Since the manuscript's modern rediscovery in 1912 there have been a number of claims of successful decipherment. Source: Internet

Despite numerous attempts, the surviving texts have not been deciphered, and without decipherment it is not certain that they are actually writing. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

decipherer decipheress deciphering decipiency decipium decipol