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Meaning of Enigma machine | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A small portable electro-mechanical rotor machine used to encrypt and decrypt secret messages, made famous by Germany in WWII.
historical
Something which decrypts or makes understandable something enigmatic.
figuratively

Examples

“No one needed an Enigma machine to figure out why Jimmy Carter was recalling his days aboard a nuclear submarine.”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

See also

Enigmas enigmatic enigmatic canon Enigmatical enigmatical canon enigmaticality