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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
cipher1 /ˈsʌɪfə/ (also cypher)
▶noun
- 1 a code.
■ a key to a code.
- 2 dated a zero.
- 3 an unimportant person or thing.
- 4 a monogram.
- 1 encode (a message).
- 2 archaic do arithmetic.
– origin ME: from OFr. cifre, based on Arab. ṣifr ‘zero’.
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
cipher2
▶noun a continuous sounding of an organ pipe, caused by a defect. ▶verb (of an organ pipe) sound continuously.
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