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cryptanalyse

cryptanalyse is the alternative form of cryptanalyze.

Meaning of cryptanalyze

Verb

cryptanalyze (third-person singular simple present cryptanalyzes, present participle cryptanalyzing, simple past and past participle cryptanalyzed)

  1. To perform cryptanalysis
    • How the Enigma was broken is an unusual story like no other (at least among the cryptanalytic stories that have become known to date). In view of the units produced and the significance of these machines, every effort put into cryptanalyzing them was justified.2007, Reinhard Wobst, “Cryptology from the Romans to World War II”, in Angelika Shafir, transl., Cryptology Unlocked, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, →ISBN, section 5 (Domain of the Militaries: Ciphering...

Forms of cryptanalyse

third-person singular presentcryptanalyses
present participlecryptanalysing
past participlecryptanalysed
pastcryptanalysed

Questions about cryptanalyse

What is cryptanalyse the alternative form of?
Cryptanalyse is the alternative form of cryptanalyze.

Words near cryptanalyse in the dictionary

  1. cryptaesthetic
  2. cryptal
  3. cryptalgal
  4. cryptamnesia
  5. cryptamnesic
  6. cryptanalyse
  7. cryptanalyses
  8. cryptanalysis
  9. cryptanalyst
  10. cryptanalysts
  11. cryptanalytic

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