Enigma machine

noun

Definitions

  1. A small portable electro-mechanical rotor machine used to encrypt and decrypt secret…

    A small portable electro-mechanical rotor machine used to encrypt and decrypt secret messages, made famous by Germany in WWII.

  2. Something which decrypts or makes understandable something enigmatic.

    • No one needed an Enigma machine to figure out why Jimmy Carter was recalling his days aboard a nuclear submarine.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for Enigma machine. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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