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Synonyms of ciphering
(Entry 1 of 2)
the act or process of performing mathematical operations to find a value
- he wasn't very good at ciphering, but he had excellent language skills
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ciphering
verbpresent participle of cipher
Synonyms of ciphering (Entry 2 of 2)
to determine (a value) by doing the necessary mathematical operations
- were surprised by how much we had spent on the cruise after we had ciphered out the grand total
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- calibrating,
- gauging
- (also gaging),
- measuring,
- scaling
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