ciphering
ciphering is the present participle and gerund of cipher.
Noun
ciphering (plural cipherings)
- A calculation or computation.
- Synonyms:
- calculus
- A cipher (fault in an organ valve which causes a pipe to sound continuously without the key having been pressed).
Meaning of cipher
Verb
cipher (third-person singular simple present ciphers, present participle ciphering, simple past and past participle ciphered)
- 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.
- To decipher.
- Yea the illiterate that know not how
To cipher what is writ in learned bookes,
VVill cote my lothſome treſpaſſe in my lookes.1594, William Shakespeare, Lucrece (First Quarto), London: […] Richard Field, for Iohn Harrison, […], →OCLC, signature [F4], recto
- Yea the illiterate that know not how
Synonyms of ciphering
Forms of ciphering
| plural | cipherings |
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Questions about ciphering
- What does ciphering mean?
- Ciphering means a calculation or computation.
- What is ciphering the present participle and gerund of?
- Ciphering is the present participle and gerund of cipher.
- What part of speech is ciphering?
- Ciphering is a noun.
- What is the plural of ciphering?
- The plural of ciphering is cipherings.
Words near ciphering in the dictionary
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