Fleissner grille

noun

A kind of cryptographic grille that can be rotated for greater complexity.

Meanings

nounFleissner grille (plural Fleissner grilles)

plural Fleissner grilles

  1. computingA kind of cryptographic grille that can be rotated for greater complexity.

Origin

Described (though not invented) by Baron Edouard Fleissner von Wostrowitz.

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Fleissner grille. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Fleissner%20grille

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“Fleissner grille.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Fleissner%20grille. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Fleissner grille,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Fleissner%20grille.

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