cryptographic

adjective

cryp·​to·​graph·​ic ˌkrip-tə-ˈgra-fik 

: of, relating to, or using cryptography

cryptographically

ˌkrip-tə-ˈgra-fi-k(ə-)lē 

adverb

Examples of cryptographic in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Using photons to create keys This technology harnesses the principles of quantum mechanics, using photons—individual particles of light—to create cryptographic keys that are practically impossible to intercept without detection. —Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 10 Oct. 2025

Yet despite its high level of security, the cryptographic method can be slow. —IEEE Spectrum, 23 Sep. 2025

This would move us from probabilistic trust to mathematical certainty, transforming cryptographic assurance into a provable, unassailable fact. —Pravir Malik, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025

Microsoft’s first Kerberos implementation protects a password from cracking attacks by representing it as a hash generated with a single iteration of Microsoft’s NTLM cryptographic hash function, which itself is a modification of the super-fast, and now deprecated, MD4 hash function. —Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 18 Sep. 2025

Word History

Etymology

crypto(graphy) + -graphic

Note: New Latin cryptographicus was already in use by Erycius Puteanus in 1612 (see note at cryptography), though this early occurrence is unlikely to have been the source of the English word.

First Known Use

1824, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for cryptographic

• autographic
• biographic
• calligraphic
• cartographic
• demographic
• epigraphic
• ethnographic
• geographic
• holographic
• hydrographic
• lithographic
• mammographic