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ciphering

SaySY-fer-ing/ˈsaɪfəɹɪŋ/

Noun pluralcipherings

3 meanings of ciphering

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  1. 1
    verb
    Present participle and gerund of cipher. Used for an action going on, or as a noun for the action.

    The soldier was ciphering the message before he sent it.

    In the old schoolhouse, children spent the morning ciphering sums on their slates.

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  2. 2
    nouncountable
    A problem in an organ that makes one pipe keep playing when no key is pressed.

    A ciphering in the old organ spoiled the quiet part of the song.

    The organ has a ciphering, so one low note never stops.

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  3. 3
    nounarchaic
    A piece of math that you work out with numbers.

    After a long ciphering, the shopkeeper told us the total.

    His cipherings filled three pages of the notebook.

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ciphering is a form of cipher

cipher, verb: To write in a secret code. Full entry

Forms
cipherciphers he/she/itciphering -ing formciphered past tense, past participle
Spelling
cipher → ciphering: add -ing

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