Enigma machine
Enigma machine noun: a small portable electro-mechanical rotor machine used to encrypt and decrypt secret messages, made famous by Germany in WWII.
Noun
Enigma machine (plural Enigma machines)
- A small portable electro-mechanical rotor machine used to encrypt and decrypt secret messages, made famous by Germany in WWII.
- Something which decrypts or makes understandable something enigmatic.
- No one needed an Enigma machine to figure out why Jimmy Carter was recalling his days aboard a nuclear submarine.2004, New Yorker, 9 - 16 August 2004, page 37
Forms of Enigma machine
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Questions about Enigma machine
- What does Enigma machine mean?
- Enigma machine means a small portable electro-mechanical rotor machine used to encrypt and decrypt secret messages, made famous by Germany in WWII.
- What part of speech is Enigma machine?
- Enigma machine is a noun.
- What is the plural of Enigma machine?
- The plural of Enigma machine is Enigma machines.
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