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cryptographic

adj · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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adj

Meaning 1

Relating to cryptography.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Examples

  • The cryptographic community includes both cryptographers (those who make codes) and cryptanalysts (those who break codes).

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

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adjective

Meaning 2

of or relating to cryptanalysis

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: cryptanalytic, cryptographical, cryptologic, cryptological

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English cryptography Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English cryptographic From cryptography + -ic.

Across languages

Translations

17 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Asturian: criptográficu — Translations
  • Belarusian: крыптаграфі́чны (kryptahrafíčny) — Translations
  • Catalan: criptogràfic — Translations
  • Chinese Mandarin: 密碼學的 /密码学的 (mìmǎxué de) — Translations
  • Danish: kryptografisk — Translations
  • Dutch: cryptografisch — Translations
  • Finnish: kryptografinen — Translations
  • French: cryptographique — Translations
  • Georgian: კრიპტოგრაფიული (ḳriṗṭograpiuli) — Translations
  • German: kryptographisch — Translations
  • Hungarian: kriptográfiai — Translations
  • Italian: crittografico — Translations
  • Polish: kryptograficzny — Translations
  • Russian: криптографи́ческий (kriptografíčeskij) — Translations
  • Spanish: criptográfico — Translations
  • Swedish: kryptografisk — Translations
  • Ukrainian: криптографі́чний (kryptohrafíčnyj) — Translations
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