"Enigma machine" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: Enigma machines [plural]
Rhymes: -iːn Head templates: {{en-noun|head=Enigma machine}} Enigma machine (plural Enigma machines)
  1. (historical) A small portable electro-mechanical rotor machine used to encrypt and decrypt secret messages, made famous by Germany in WWII. Tags: historical
    Sense id: en-Enigma_machine-en-noun-~l2UU4T2 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 99 1
  2. (figurative) Something which decrypts or makes understandable something enigmatic. Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-Enigma_machine-en-noun-ahkFk9nR

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