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cipher[1,noun] cipher[2,verb]

Main Entry: ¹ci·pher
Pronunciation: s-fr
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English cipher "zero," from Latin cifra (same meaning), from Arabic sifr "empty"
1 : the symbol 0 meaning the absence of all magnitude or quantity : ZERO -- see NUMBER table
2 a : a method of changing a message so as to conceal its meaning b : a message in code

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