(archaic) A calculation or computation. / (music) A cipher (fault in an organ valve which causes a pipe to sound continuously without the key having been pressed).

present participle of cipher

plural of ciphering

able to be ciphered (calculated)

One who ciphers.

plural of cipherer

simple past tense and past participle of cipher

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cipher

A numeric character. / Any text character. / A combination or interweaving of letters, as the initials of a name. / A method of transforming a text in order to conceal its meaning.

(intransitive, regional, dated) To calculate. / (intransitive) To write in code or cipher. / (intransitive, music) Of an organ pipe: to sound independent of the organ. / (obsolete) To decipher.