ciphering

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English

Verb

ciphering

  1. present participle and gerund of cipher

Noun

ciphering (plural cipherings)

  1. (archaic) A calculation or computation.
  2. (music) A cipher (fault in an organ valve which causes a pipe to sound continuously without the key having been pressed).

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