n. The practice of analysing encoded messages, in order to decode them.
n. Secret or enigmatical language.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. Secret or enigmatical language.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. Secret or occult language; cryptography.
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n. the science of analyzing and deciphering codes and ciphers and cryptograms
Word Usage
"Intelligence historian David Kahn spent hours patiently instructing me in the finer points of World War II tactical intelligence, cryptology, and German spying."