% telnet chem.ucsd.edu Trying 132.239.68.1... Connected to chem.ucsd.edu. Escape character is '^]'. Accel UNIX (chem.ucsd.edu) login: webster Last login: Sun Mar 13 11:38:36 from 146.122.132.195 Word: cypher cy-pher chiefly Brit var of CIPHER Word: cipher 1ci-pher \'suE-fer\ n, often attrib [ME, fr. MF cifre, fr. ML cifra, fr. Ar s.ifr empty, cipher, zero] (14c) 1a: ZERO 1a 1b: one that has no weight, worth, or influence: NONENTITY 2a: a method of transforming a text in order to conceal its meaning -- compare CODE 3b 2b: a message in code 3: ARABIC NUMERAL 4: a combination of symbolic letters; esp: the interwoven initials of a name 2cipher vb ci-phered; ci-pher-ing \-f(e-)ri{nj}\ vi (1530) :to use figures in a mathematical process ~ vt 1: ENCIPHER 2: to compute arithmetically Word: Connection closed by foreign host.