English Explanatory Dictionary

decipherment

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The analysis of documents written in ancient languages, where the language is unknown, or knowledge of the language has been lost.
  2. Decryption.

Word forms

decipherment decipherments

Etymology

From decipher + -ment.

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