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Plural of cipher

regular plural

The plural of cipher is ciphers.

Forms of cipher

Singularcipher /ˈsaɪfə/
Pluralciphers
Countablecountable

Ciphers in a sentence

  • The probability is 1 in 1,000,000,000,000,000 — a number having five ciphers of zeros.
  • In block ciphers, S-boxes are typically used to obscure the relationship between the key and the ciphertext.From the entry S-box
  • Attempting to translate such ciphers wherever she encountered them was Mrs Touchet’s private delight.2023, Zadie Smith, The Fraud, Hamish Hamilton, page 145. From the entry decipherer
  • In this section we use two historical ciphers to introduce modular arithmetic with integers.2010, Christof Paar, Jan Pelzl, Understanding Cryptography: A Textbook for Students and Practitioners, Springer, page 13. From the entry modular arithmetic
  • In addition to the Enigma ciphers, a number of other telecipher machines were used for high-level communication.1993, Lauren S. Bahr, Bernard Johnston (M.A.), Collier's encyclopedia: with bibliography and index: Volume 7. From the entry telecipher

Meaning of cipher

  1. noun A numeric character.
  2. noun Any text character.
  3. noun A combination or interweaving of letters, as the initials of a name.

Full definition of cipher

Questions about the plural of cipher

What is the plural of cipher?
The plural of cipher is ciphers.
Is cipher countable?
Cipher is a countable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: cipher (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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