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ciphony

noun

Etymology

Blend of cipher + telephony.

  1. borrowed from téléphone — “kind of megaphone; system of communication using musical notes”
  2. derived from *bʰeh₂-✻ — “to say; to speak”
  3. derived from φωνή — “sound; voice”
  4. derived from *kʷelh₁-✻ — “to turn end-over-end; to revolve around; hence, to dwell, sojourn”
  5. derived from τῆλε — “afar, far away, far off”
  6. suffixed as telephony — “telephone + y”
  7. compounded as ciphony — “cipher + telephony”

Definitions

  1. The process of encrypting telecommunication signals, as to prevent information from being…

    The process of encrypting telecommunication signals, as to prevent information from being intercepted by an enemy or competitor.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

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

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA