Cipher and Rate

Cipher

Cipher verb - To determine (a value) by doing the necessary mathematical operations.

Usage example: were surprised by how much we had spent on the cruise after we had ciphered out the grand total

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Rate and cipher are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Rate" instead the word "Cipher" as a verb or a noun.

Nearby Words: ciphered, ciphering

Rate verb - To be or make worthy of (as a reward or punishment).

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Cipher and rate are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Cipher" instead the word "Rate" as a verb or a noun.

Nearby Words: rated, rateable, rater

standard cipher

standard rate

David Langford once mocked this in Fortean Times by writing a computer program that "could generate mystic and ancient cipher tables at the rate of several hundred per second."

Source: Sharpshooter Fallacy

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