decipherability
Potential for interpretation
Decipherability is the quality of being able to be decoded or figured out.
Handwriting has decipherability when readers can make out what it says.
Codes, ancient scripts, and unclear messages all vary in decipherability: The decipherability of the inscription depends on how weathered the stone is.
The word applies to anything requiring interpretation—from encrypted data to someone's true intentions.
Study of breaking ciphers
- codebreakingSolving secret communications
- decryptionConverting ciphertext to plaintext
- enigmaSomething hard to fathom
- cryptogramCoded message puzzle
plaintext · ciphertext · key · algorithm · Bletchley · Turing · Rosetta · steganography
Study of interpretation methods
- exegesisCritical textual interpretation
- meaningWhat something signifies
- understandingMental comprehension of something
- analysisMethodical study of parts
inference · contextualization · semantics · connotation · denotation · ambiguity · parsing · unpacking
Something hard to fathom
- crypticObscure in meaning
- arcaneUnderstood by few
- puzzleChallenge testing ingenuity
- riddlePuzzling question to solve
mystery · opacity · impenetrability · unintelligibility · confusion · obfuscation · murkiness · inscrutableness
Ease of understanding text
- handwritingManual letter formation
- scriptWritten words for performance
- clarityState of being understandable
- fontCharacter style set
typography · clearness · sharpness · blur · graininess · scrawl · penmanship · neatness
Cross-script phonetic spelling
- transcriptionWritten version of speech
- polyglotOne knowing many languages
- glossaryAlphabetical list with definitions
- lexiconVocabulary of a language
localization · bilingual · hieroglyphics · cuneiform · runes · pidgin · cognate · loanword
cryptanalysis
Study of breaking ciphers
- codebreakingSolving secret communications
- decryptionConverting ciphertext to plaintext
- enigmaSomething hard to fathom
cryptogram · plaintext · ciphertext · key · algorithm · Bletchley · Turing · Rosetta · steganography · intelligence
hermeneutics
Study of interpretation methods
- exegesisCritical textual interpretation
- meaningWhat something signifies
- understandingMental comprehension of something
analysis · inference · contextualization · semantics · connotation · denotation · ambiguity · parsing · unpacking · reading
enigma
Something hard to fathom
riddle · mystery · opacity · impenetrability · unintelligibility · confusion · obfuscation · murkiness · inscrutableness · indecipherability
readability
Ease of understanding text
- handwritingManual letter formation
- scriptWritten words for performance
- clarityState of being understandable
font · typography · clearness · sharpness · blur · graininess · scrawl · penmanship · neatness · visibility
transliteration
Cross-script phonetic spelling
- transcriptionWritten version of speech
- polyglotOne knowing many languages
- glossaryAlphabetical list with definitions
lexicon · localization · bilingual · hieroglyphics · cuneiform · runes · pidgin · cognate · loanword · untranslatable
- clarityclearness, clear, obvious, simplification, concise
decipherabilityincomprehensibility
Being impossible to grasp
unintelligibility · indecipherability · obscurity · incomprehensible · impenetrability
decipherabilityillegibility
Impossible to decipher
unreadability · illegible · unreadable · indecipherability · indistinctness
cipher, decipher, indecipherable, ciphers, deciphers, deciphered, deciphering, ciphering, decipherable