cryptanalysis

UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˌkrɪptəˈnælɪsɪs/US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(krip′tə nal′ə sis)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
crypt•a•nal•y•sis  (krip′tə nal′ə sis),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Cryptographythe procedures, processes, methods, etc., used to translate or interpret secret writings, as codes and ciphers, for which the key is unknown.
  2. Cryptographythe science or study of such procedures. Cf. cryptography (def. 1).
  • 1920–25, American.; crypt(ogram) + analysis
crypt•an•a•lyt•ic  (krip′tan l it′ik),USA pronunciation adj.  crypt′an•a•lyt′i•cal•ly, adv. 
crypt•an•a•lyst  (krip tan′l ist),USA pronunciation n. 
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
cryptanalysis /ˌkrɪptəˈnælɪsɪs/ n
  1. the study of codes and ciphers; cryptography
Etymology: 20th Century: from cryptograph + analysiscryptanalytic /ˌkrɪptænəˈlɪtɪk/, cryptanalytical /ˌkrɪptænəˈlɪtɪkəl/ adj cryptˈanalyst n
'cryptanalysis' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
cryptography - break - cryptanalytics - cryptanalyze - cryptoanalysis - cryptology

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