English Explanatory Dictionary

Enigma machine

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A small portable electro-mechanical rotor machine used to encrypt and decrypt secret messages, made famous by Germany in WWII.
  2. Something which decrypts or makes understandable something enigmatic.

Word forms

Enigma machine Enigma machines
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