English

Alternative forms

• trap door
• trap-door

Noun

trapdoor ‎(plural trapdoors)

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

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Synonyms

• drop

Derived terms

• trapdoor spider

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