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ciphering

verb

Meaning

  • To calculate.

    "I never learned much more than how to read and cipher."

  • To write in code or cipher.

  • Of an organ pipe: to sound independent of the organ.

  • To decipher.

noun

Meaning

  • A calculation or computation.

  • A cipher (fault in an organ valve which causes a pipe to sound continuously without the key having been pressed).

Synonyms

calculus,
reckoning