English Explanatory Dictionary

cryptology

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The science or study of mathematical, linguistic, and other coding patterns and histories.
  2. The practice of analysing encoded messages, in order to decode them.
  3. Secret or enigmatical language.

Pronunciation

/kɹɪpˈtɒl.ə.dʒi/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-cryptology.wav /kɹɪpˈtɑ.lə.d͡ʒi/

Word forms

cryptology cryptologies

Etymology

From crypto- + -logy, from Ancient Greek κρυπτός (kruptós, “hidden”) + λόγος (lógos, “word”); originally after Latin cryptologia, which is apparently first recorded in an English context.

Synonyms

cryptanalysis decoding decrypting decyphering

Related words

cryptography cryptanalysis ciphertext plaintext cleartext code key

Derived words

cryptex cryptologic cryptological cryptologically
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