crypto logical

cryp·tol·o·gy

[krip-tol-uh-jee]
noun
2.
the science and study of cryptanalysis and cryptography.

Origin:
1635–45; < Neo-Latin cryptologia. See crypto-, -logy

cryp·tol·o·gist, noun
cryp·to·log·ic [krip-tl-oj-ik] , cryp·to·log·i·cal, adjective
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cryptography or cryptology (krɪpˈtɒɡrəfɪ, krɪpˈtɒlədʒɪ) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n
the science or study of analysing and deciphering codes, ciphers, etc; cryptanalysis
 
cryptology or cryptology
 
n
 
cryp'tographer or cryptology
 
n
 
cryp'tographist or cryptology
 
n
 
cryp'tologist or cryptology
 
n
 
cryptographic or cryptology
 
adj
 
crypto'graphical or cryptology
 
adj
 
crypto'graphically or cryptology
 
adv

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Crypto logical is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
the offspring of a zebra and a donkey.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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Word Origin & History

cryptology
1640s, from crypto- + -logia "a speaking."
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