# ciphering

Pronunciation: say "SY-fer-ing" /ˈsaɪfəɹɪŋ/

## Verb

1. Present participle and gerund of cipher. — present participle and gerund of cipher
   - Simple: Present participle and gerund of cipher. Used for an action going on, or as a noun for the action.
   - _Ciphering every cable by hand kept the embassy staff busy until midnight._
   - _During the hymn, one of the organ's pipes began ciphering and droned on after the chord had ended._

## Noun

2. A fault in an organ valve that makes a pipe sound continuously even though its key has not been pressed.
   - Simple: A problem in an organ that makes one pipe keep playing when no key is pressed.
   - _A ciphering in the swell division droned through the entire sermon._
   - _The organ builder traced the ciphering to a sticking valve beneath the pipes._

## Noun

3. A calculation: an instance of working out a result with numbers. *(archaic)*
   - Simple: A piece of math that you work out with numbers.
   - _By the clerk's ciphering, the farm owed forty dollars in back taxes._
   - _The margins of the ledger were crowded with cipherings in faded pencil._

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