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cipher
A	noun
	1	cipher, cypher
			a message written in a secret code
		Category Tree: abstraction ╚relation ╚social relation ╚communication ╚message ╚cipher, cypher
	2	cipher, cypher, cryptograph, secret code
			a secret method of writing
		Category Tree: abstraction ╚relation ╚social relation ╚communication ╚written communication; written language ╚writing ╚coding system ╚code ╚cipher, cypher, cryptograph, secret code
	3	cipher, cypher, nobody, nonentity
			a person of no influence
		Category Tree: entity ╚object; physical object ╚living thing; animate thing ╚organism; being ╚person; individual; someone; somebody; mortal; human; soul ╚commoner; common man; common person ╚cipher, cypher, nobody, nonentity ╚whippersnapper; jackanapes; lightweight ╚pip-squeak; squirt; small fry
	4	nothing, nil, nix, nada, null, aught, cipher, cypher, goose egg, naught, zero, zilch, zip
			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"
		Category Tree: abstraction ╚measure; quantity; amount ╚relative quantity ╚nothing, nil, nix, nada, null, aught, cipher, cypher, goose egg, naught, zero, zilch, zip ╚bugger all; fuck all; Fanny Adams; sweet Fanny Adams ╚nihil
	5	zero, 0, nought, cipher, cypher
			a mathematical element that when added to another number yields the same number
		Category Tree: abstraction ╚measure; quantity; amount ╚definite quantity ╚number ╚integer; whole number ╚digit; figure ╚zero, 0, nought, cipher, cypher
B	verb
	1	calculate, cipher, cypher, compute, work out, reckon, figure
			make a mathematical calculation or computation
		Category Tree: think; cogitate; cerebrate ╚reason ╚calculate, cipher, cypher, compute, work out, reckon, figure
	2	encode, code, encipher, cipher, cypher, encrypt, inscribe, write in code
			convert ordinary language into code; "We should encode the message for security reasons"
		Category Tree: act; move ╚interact ╚communicate; intercommunicate ╚write ╚encode, code, encipher, cipher, cypher, encrypt, inscribe, write in code

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