cryptography
noun
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
the science of analyzing and deciphering codes and ciphers and cryptograms
Types & categories
- science hypernym
Related & opposite
- cryptanalyst derivation
- cryptanalytic derivation
Sense 2 noun
act of writing in code or cipher
Types & categories
- committal to writing hypernym
- encoding hyponym
- recoding hyponym
- decoding hyponym
Related & opposite
- cryptanalyst derivation
- cipher derivation
- cryptanalytic derivation
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | cryptanalyst |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | cryptanalytic |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | science |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | cryptanalyst |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | cipher |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | cryptanalytic |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | committal to writing |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | encoding |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | recoding |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | decoding |