cypher : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: cypher	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for cypher
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
cypher n a mathematical element that when added to another number yields the same number Synonym(s): zero, 0, nought, cipher, cypher a quantity of no importance; "it looked like nothing I had ever seen before"; "reduced to nil all the work we had done"; "we racked up a pathetic goose egg"; "it was all for naught"; "I didn't hear zilch about it" Synonym(s): nothing, nil, nix, nada, null, aught, cipher, cypher, goose egg, naught, zero, zilch, zip, zippo a person of no influence Synonym(s): cipher, cypher, nobody, nonentity a secret method of writing Synonym(s): cipher, cypher, cryptograph, secret code a message written in a secret code Synonym(s): cipher, cypher v convert ordinary language into code; "We should encode the message for security reasons" Synonym(s): code, encipher, cipher, cypher, encrypt, inscribe, write in code make a mathematical calculation or computation Synonym(s): calculate, cipher, cypher, compute, work out, reckon, figure
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Cypher \Cy"pher\ (s?"f?r), n. & v. See {Cipher}.