cypher
sahy fer
- n a mathematical element that when added to another number yields the same number
- n a quantity of no importance
- n a person of no influence
- n a secret method of writing
- n a message written in a secret code
- v convert ordinary language into code
- v make a mathematical calculation or computation
- Pots, Chamber, fluted with royal cypher in gold, for Flag Officers only.
- Some 15 years ago an enthusiastic typesetter added a cypher to the $530,000 figure, and this piece of misinformation has survived ever since in many a standard reference file .
- Darnley was with her when their baby (James VI) was born; thenceforth he was politically a cypher.