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cipher
/ˈsaɪfɚ/
noun
A numeric character.
Any text character.
A combination or interweaving of letters, as the initials of a name; a device; a monogram.
"a painter's cipher, an engraver's cipher, etc."
verb
To calculate.
"I never learned much more than how to read and cipher."
To write in code or cipher.
Of an organ pipe: to sound independent of the organ.
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