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cryptography
noun cryp·tog·ra·phy \krip-ˈtä-grə-fē\
: the process of writing or reading secret messages or codes
Full Definition of CRYPTOGRAPHY
1
: secret writing
2
: the enciphering and deciphering of messages in secret code or cipher; also : the computerized encoding and decoding of information
3
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Origin of CRYPTOGRAPHY
New Latin cryptographia, from crypt- + -graphia -graphy
Rhymes with CRYPTOGRAPHY
autography, cacography, cartography, chorography, chronography, cosmography, demography, discography, ethnography, filmography, geography, holography, lithography, lymphography, mammography, mythography, nomography, orthography, phonography, photography, pictography, planography, pornography, reprography, sonography, stenography, thermography, tomography, topography, typography, venography, xerography, xylography
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