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cipher

/ˈsaɪfɚ/
noun
  1. A numeric character.

  2. Any text character.

  3. 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."

Synonymsmonogram, code, number, numeral, naught, nothing
verb
  1. To calculate.

    "I never learned much more than how to read and cipher."

  2. To write in code or cipher.

  3. Of an organ pipe: to sound independent of the organ.

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