"polyalphabetic" meaning in English

See polyalphabetic in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Etymology: poly- + alphabetic Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|poly|alphabetic}} poly- + alphabetic Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} polyalphabetic (not comparable)
  1. Describing a substitution cipher in which plaintext letters in different positions are enciphered using different substitution alphabets. Wikipedia link: polyalphabetic cipher Tags: not-comparable Derived forms: polyalphabetically
    Sense id: en-polyalphabetic-en-adj-Pk6jOY3- Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with poly-

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