"encipherment" meaning in English

See encipherment in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: encipherments [plural]
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  1. The act or process of enciphering; encryption Tags: countable, uncountable Derived forms: superencipherment Translations (act or process of enciphering): xifratge [masculine] (Catalan), dulritun [feminine] (Icelandic)
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Inflected forms

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