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cryptolinguistics

cryptolinguistics noun: the use of linguistic knowledge to identify cryptographic communications in a given language.

Noun

cryptolinguistics (uncountable)

  1. The use of linguistic knowledge to identify cryptographic communications in a given language.

Origin of cryptolinguistics

From crypto- + linguistics.

Questions about cryptolinguistics

What does cryptolinguistics mean?
Cryptolinguistics means the use of linguistic knowledge to identify cryptographic communications in a given language.
What part of speech is cryptolinguistics?
Cryptolinguistics is a noun.

Words near cryptolinguistics in the dictionary

  1. cryptoliberals
  2. cryptolibertarian
  3. cryptolibertarianism
  4. cryptolinguist
  5. cryptolinguistic
  6. cryptolinguistics
  7. cryptolinguists
  8. cryptolocker
  9. cryptolockers
  10. cryptologer
  11. cryptologers

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