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athbash

athbash is the alternative form of atbash.

Meaning of atbash

Noun

atbash (uncountable)

  1. A simple substitution cipher in which each occurrence of the first letter of the alphabet is substituted with the last, second with next to last, and so on.

Questions about athbash

What is athbash the alternative form of?
Athbash is the alternative form of atbash.

Words near athbash in the dictionary

  1. Atharv
  2. Atharvaveda
  3. Atharvavedic
  4. Athas
  5. athazagoraphobia
  6. athbash
  7. Athboy
  8. athean
  9. Athearn
  10. athecate
  11. athede

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