Associations to the word «Cypher»

Wiktionary

CYPHER, noun. Alternative spelling of cipher
CYPHER, verb. Alternative spelling of cipher

Dictionary definition

CYPHER, noun. A mathematical element that when added to another number yields the same number.
CYPHER, noun. 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".
CYPHER, noun. A person of no influence.
CYPHER, noun. A secret method of writing.
CYPHER, noun. A message written in a secret code.
CYPHER, verb. Convert ordinary language into code; "We should encode the message for security reasons".
CYPHER, verb. Make a mathematical calculation or computation.

Wise words

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley