cryptograph
Americannoun
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a system of secret writing; cipher.
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a device for translating clear text into cipher.
noun
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something written in code or cipher
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a code using secret symbols ( cryptograms )
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a device for translating text into cipher, or vice versa
Etymology
Origin of cryptograph
Example Sentences
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The “unbreakable” Pletts Cryptograph relied in part on keyword ciphers, a type of substitution cipher.
From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield
One of the best examples of this involved a new British coding device called a Pletts Cryptograph.
From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield
The Pletts Cryptograph raised the bar because it combined two keyword ciphers.
From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield
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