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cryp·tog·ra·phy
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noun
1.
the science or study of the techniques of secret writing, especially code and cipher systems, methods, and the like.
Compare
cryptanalysis
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def. 2
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.
2.
the procedures, processes, methods, etc., of making and using secret writing, as codes or ciphers.
3.
anything written in a secret code, cipher, or the like.
Origin:
1635–45;
crypto-
+
-graphy
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cryp·tog·ra·pher,
cryp·tog·ra·phist,
noun
cryp·to·graph·ic
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cryp·to·graph·i·cal,
cryp·tog·ra·phal,
adjective
cryp·to·graph·i·cal·ly,
adverb
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cryptography
or
cryptology
(krɪpˈtɒɡrəfɪ, krɪpˈtɒlədʒɪ)
—
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
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
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