"ciphering" meaning in All languages combined

See ciphering on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: cipherings [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} ciphering (plural cipherings)
  1. (archaic) A calculation or computation. Tags: archaic Synonyms (calculation or computation): calculus
    Sense id: en-ciphering-en-noun-zY4yRFiq Disambiguation of 'calculation or computation': 98 2
  2. (music) A cipher (fault in an organ valve which causes a pipe to sound continuously without the key having been pressed). Categories (topical): Music
    Sense id: en-ciphering-en-noun-BYHdQFqK Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: reckoning, calculation

Verb [English]

Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} ciphering
  1. present participle and gerund of cipher Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: cipher
    Sense id: en-ciphering-en-verb-TLJij4pL Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 6 22 72 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 6 33 61

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