ciphering

/S AY1 F ER0 IH0 NG/

verb

1
To calculate.
“I never learned much more than how to read and cipher.”
2
To write in code or cipher.
3
Of an organ pipe: to sound independent of the organ.
4
To decipher.

noun

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

Synonyms

calculus reckoning

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