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CYCLOMETRIC :
(of the turn-over mechanism in Enigma). So assigned that no wheel can
turn over except when all the wheels to the right of it turn over too;
(of turn-overs) produced by a turn-over of the next wheel on the right.
CYPHER :
CYRIL, CYRILLIC :
Applied to the alphabet, variety of morse code, etc., used by Russians.
D/C :
Short for daily-changing.
DECADE :
A group or unit of ten figures or letters as forming part of a
subtractor.
DE-CHI, v :
To remove from (a Tunny cipher message) that component of the key
which is contributed by the chi wheels.
DE-CHI, n :
A Tunny cipher message from which the component of the key contributed
by the chi wheels has been removed; (see Tutte's method)
DECIBAN, n :
A scoring unit for probability factors equal to one-tenth of the true
scoring unit, enabling decimal fractions to be expressed (approximately
and) more conveniently as whole numbers. The true score (i.e. the
logarithms of the probability factor of a particular occurrence)
multiplied by ten is the score expressed in decibans. cf. centiban.
DECIBAN, v :
DECIMATION :
The process of forming a new sequence of symbols (e.g. an alphabet)
from an existing one by selecting symbols at a fixed interval, the
original sequence being treated as cyclic.
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