Polyalphabetic cipher
Multiple-substitution writing system cipher / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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A polyalphabetic cipher is a substitution, using multiple substitution alphabets. The Vigenère cipher is probably the best-known example of a polyalphabetic cipher, though it is a simplified special case. The Enigma machine is more complex but is still fundamentally a polyalphabetic substitution cipher.