noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

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

Verb

1. 1
   present participle and gerund of cipher form-of, gerund, participle, present

Synonyms

All synonyms

arithmeticcalculationcalculuscastingcomputationcomputation

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