Definition: a message written in a secret code
Main entry: cryptograph, cypher, cipher, secret code
Definition: a secret method of writing
Main entry: cipher, nobody, nonentity, cypher
Definition: a person of no influence
Main entry: aught, goose egg, cypher, nothing, null, nil, nix, nada, naught, zilch, zip, zippo, zero, cipher
Definition: a quantity of no importance
Usage: it looked like nothing I had ever seen before; reduced to nil all the work we had done; we racked up a pathetic goose egg; it was all for naught; I didn't hear zilch about it
Main entry: cypher, nought, 0, cipher, zero
Definition: a mathematical element that when added to another number yields the same number
Main entry: compute, cipher, calculate, cypher, reckon, work out, figure
Definition: make a mathematical calculation or computation
Main entry: encipher, encrypt, code, cipher, cypher, write in code, inscribe
Definition: convert ordinary language into code
Usage: We should encode the message for security reasons