Trapdoor - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˈtræpdɔːr|  American pronunciation of the word trapdoor
Brit.  |træpˈdɔː|  British pronunciation of the word trapdoor

noun

- A hinged or sliding door set into a floor or ceiling.
- (theater) Such a trap set into the floor of a stage to allow fast exits and entrances.
- (computing) A secret method of obtaining access to a program or online system; a backdoor.
- (mathematics, cryptography) The special information that permits the inverse of a trapdoor function to be easily computed.
- (mining) A door in a level for regulating the ventilating current; weather door.

Word forms

noun
singular: trapdoor
plural: trapdoors
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