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Polybius squares

Polybius squares is the plural of Polybius square.

Meaning of Polybius square

Noun

Polybius square (plural Polybius squares)

  1. (historical) A character code represented by two sets of six lit torches, used to send messages character by character, in a two point visual fire telegraph. The character code is generated by encoding characters in a grid, where each character generates two numbers, uniquely representing each character as a pair of numbers.
  2. A grid used for fractionating plaintext characters so that they can be represented by a smaller set of symbols.

Questions about Polybius squares

What is Polybius squares the plural of?
Polybius squares is the plural of Polybius square.

Words near Polybius squares in the dictionary

  1. polybetaines
  2. Polybian
  3. polybinary
  4. Polybius
  5. Polybius square
  6. Polybius squares
  7. polyblast
  8. polyblastic
  9. polyblasts
  10. polyblend
  11. polyblends

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