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Meaning of "scytale" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SCYTALE

scytale  [ˈskɪtəliː] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SCYTALE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Scytale is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES SCYTALE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Scytale

In cryptography, a scytale is a tool used to perform a transposition cipher, consisting of a cylinder with a strip of parchment wound around it on which is written a message. The ancient Greeks, and the Spartans in particular, are said to have used this cipher to communicate during military campaigns. The recipient uses a rod of the same diameter on which he wraps the parchment to read the message. It has the advantage of being fast and not prone to mistakes—a necessary property when on the battlefield. It can, however, be easily broken. Since the strip of parchment hints strongly at the method, the ciphertext would have to be transferred to something less suggestive, somewhat reducing the advantage noted.

Definition of scytale in the English dictionary

The definition of scytale in the dictionary is a tool used to transmit secret messages by way of wrapping a strip of leather around a cylinder and writing on it. The leather is then unwound and must be wrapped around a cylinder of the same size to read the message. Used by the Ancient Greeks, particularly the Spartans.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SCYTALE


Ali
ˈɑːliː
boule
ˈbuːliː
Dili
ˈdiːliː
ecbole
ˈɛkbəliː
flea
fliː
flee
fliː
folie
fɒˈliː
glee
ɡliː
henley
ˈhɛnliː
Holi
ˈhɒˌliː
hyperbolae
haɪˈpɜːbəliː
hypobole
hɪpˈɒbəliː
jubilee
ˈdʒuːbɪˌliː
lea
liː
lee
liː
Leigh
liː
li
liː
Orly
ˈɔːliː
plea
pliː
vali
vɑːˈliː

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SCYTALE

scuzzball
scuzzier
scuzziest
scuzzy
scybalous
scybalum
scye
Scylla
scyphate
scyphi
scyphiform
scyphistoma
scyphistomae
scyphozoan
scyphus
Scyros
scythe
scythelike
scytheman
scyther

WORDS THAT END LIKE SCYTALE

carrytale
daytale
fairy tale
fairy-tale
femme fatale
folk tale
Montale
old wives´ tale
pitch a tale
stale
tale
tall tale
tattletale
tell a tale
tell its own tale
telltale

Synonyms and antonyms of scytale in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «scytale» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SCYTALE

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The translations of scytale from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «scytale» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

scytale的
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

scytale
570 millions of speakers

English

scytale
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

scytale
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

scytale
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

scytale
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

scytale
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

scytale
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

scytale
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Scytale
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

scytale
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

scytale
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

scytale
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Scytale
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

scytale
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சிடாலி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

स्किटेल
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

scytale
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Scytale
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Scytale
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

scytale
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Scytale
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

scytale
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

scytale
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Scytale
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

scytale
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of scytale

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SCYTALE»

The term «scytale» is normally little used and occupies the 131.721 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SCYTALE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about scytale

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SCYTALE»

Discover the use of scytale in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to scytale and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Expert SQL Server 2008 Encryption
The scytale was simply a rod around which a piece of leather was wrapped. To encipher a message the sender wrapped a strap of leather around a scytale and wrote his message lengthwise across the bands of the leather. When unwrapped  ...
Michael Coles, Rodney Landrum, 2009
2
Cryptanalysis: A Study of Ciphers and Their Solution
In fact, the oldest transposition cipher of which we have any record was accomplished hy means of the Lacedaemonian scytale. The Epartan general, departing for foreign conquests, carried with him a rod, or scytale, of exactly the same ...
Helen Fouché Gaines, 1956
3
The Snakes of Trinidad and Tobago
Linnaeus's 1758 Anguis Scytale to come up with his Tortryx Scytale, which was the current name, found in the natural history dictionaries (de Saint Vincent 1828, Gervais 1848) available to him at the time. The common name rouleau was once  ...
Hans E. A. Boos, 2001
4
A Beginner's Guide to Discrete Mathematics
Misinterpreting the scytale Nowadays this would not be a very secret method of writing, as it can be easily deciphered by moving around the edges of the roll; but very few people knew how to read at the time, and this ensured the secrecy of ...
W.D. Wallis, 2011
5
Alvin's Secret Code
Each scytale was about a foot long. "Do you mean to say there's a secment compartret, I mean a secret compartment in these things? It certainly doesn't show." "There's no secret compartment inside the scytale. But there's one on the outside, ...
Clifford B. Hicks, 2006
6
Aniliidae by Taxonomic Synonyms: Anguis Scytale, Anguis ...
Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 116. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge.
LLC Books, 2010
7
Data Hiding: Exposing Concealed Data in Multimedia, ...
Spartan Scytale Probably one of the oldest known implementations of the transposition cipher was the Spartan Scytale (also commonly spelled as Skytale). In ancient Greece (around 475 B.C.), the Spartan army commanders created a Scytale ...
Michael T. Raggo, Chet Hosmer, 2012
8
Cryptography, Information Theory, and Error-Correction: A ...
The Scytale cipher was introduced around 500 BC. by the Spartans, who used this rather simple but effective method to send crucial planning data between generals and bureaucrats. Both the sender and receiver were in possession of ...
Aiden A. Bruen, Mario A. Forcinito, 2011
9
Snakes of the World: A Catalogue of Living and Extinct Species
Distribution: Northern Australia (N Northern Territory), NSL. Known only from type locality. Synonyms: Scytale Gronovius, 1763 (nomen illegitimum), Tortrix Oppel, 1811b (nomen praeoccupatum), Helison Goldfuss, 1820 (nomen substitutum) ...
Van Wallach, Kenneth L. Williams, Jeff Boundy, 2014
10
Making Secret Codes
Jillian Gregory. As cryptography advanced, people built instruments to create more difficult codes. Two famous code instruments are the Scytale and the Alberti disk. You can build these instruments yourself.
Jillian Gregory, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SCYTALE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term scytale is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Keeping Secrets
The ancient Greeks had their 'scytale' devices. Julius Caesar's Rome used simple substitution ciphers that came to be called the Caesar cipher. Hitler's ... «mydigitalfc.com, Jul 15»
2
Style Invitational Week 1133: 'Hew ready? Poems even the rhythm …
SCYTALE (either “sittily” or “sightly”), a coded message written on a strip of leather, then decoded when wrapped around a pole. Spartans found it worked so ... «Washington Post, Jul 15»
3
Letter pressed: Inside the national spelling bee
Gokul spelling "scytale" with complete ease, his hands at his side. The two didn't so much ask Bailly questions about their words as they sought confirmation of ... «azcentral.com, Jun 15»
4
5 things you didn't know about Gokul Venkatachalam
Embodying his favourite word, Venkatachalan breezed through words like epicede, bordereau, cocozelle, población, Canossa, zygoneure, caudillismo, scytale, ... «GQ India, Jun 15»
5
The National Spelling Bee Ends in a Tie Again!
... caudillismo, thamakau, scytale, tantieme, cypseline, urgrund, filicite, myrmotherine, sprachgefuhl, zimocca, nixtamal, hippocrepiform, paroemiology, scacchite, ... «Entertainment Tonight, May 15»
6
Familiar faces among top 49 in National Spelling Bee semis
bouquetière, caudillismo, thamakau, scytale, tantieme, cypseline, urgrund, filicite, myrmotherine, sprachgefuhl, zimocca, nixtamal, hippocrepiform, paroemiology, ... «The Seattle Times, May 15»
7
Great Basin throws March 11 release party for stouts
As part of a month-long celebration of stout beer, Great Basin Brewing Co. is throwing a release party fort its 404 Scytale Barrel-Aged Imperial Stout and its ... «Reno Gazette Journal, Mar 15»
8
De cómo se partió en dos el IRC-Hispano (y 4)
En los primeros días de enero del 1999 Scytale "desapareció", aunque en realidad seguía existiendo en la otra red, IRC-Hispano.net, y nacieron 3 bots más". «El Mundo, Jan 15»
9
De cómo se partió en dos el IRC Hispano (3)
Entre líneas podía leerse que querían dejar a Arrakis sin el control del Hispano de la misma forma como Scytale había destronado a ArgoBot: con una política ... «El Mundo, Jan 15»
10
De cómo se partió en dos el IRC-Hispano (2)
Goku administraba Scytale, lo que significa que se convirtió en máximo administrador del IRC-Hispano sin que hubiese habido votación que lo aupase. «El Mundo, Dec 14»

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