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Nihilist ciphers

Nihilist ciphers is the plural of Nihilist cipher.

Meaning of Nihilist cipher

Noun

Nihilist cipher (plural Nihilist ciphers)

  1. (historical) A symmetric cipher in which a Polybius square using a mixed alphabet is used to convert both the plain text and a keyword to a series of two-digit numbers, which are then summed in the normal way to get the ciphertext, with the key numbers repeated as required; (by extension) any of several improved algorithms based on this.

Questions about Nihilist ciphers

What is Nihilist ciphers the plural of?
Nihilist ciphers is the plural of Nihilist cipher.

Words near Nihilist ciphers in the dictionary

  1. nihilifying
  2. nihilism
  3. nihilisms
  4. nihilist
  5. Nihilist cipher
  6. Nihilist ciphers
  7. nihilistic
  8. nihilistically
  9. nihilists
  10. nihilities
  11. nihility

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