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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
cypher
▶noun variant spelling of cipher1.



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.
▶verb
  • 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.
– origin C18: perh. from cipher1.



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