color code
noun
any system of marking or visual designation that uses specific colors for indicating or simplifying, as on a chart or map or in an industrial plant.
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color-codeverb (used with object)to distinguish or classify with a color code.
color code
1 Americannoun
color-code
2
American
[kuhl-er-kohd]
/ ˈkʌl ərˌkoʊd /
verb (used with object)
color-coded,
color-coding
Etymology
Origin of color-code
First recorded in 1955–60
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"Beyond imaging, a DNA color code could have very useful applications in data storage on DNA," says Tadija Keki?,
From Science Daily ● Oct. 17, 2023
To find out how much information you will get, on average, from an initial word, you can calculate the entropy for each possible associated color code and weight it with the probability of occurrence.
From Scientific American ● Apr. 28, 2023
It's not legislation to have to put on the front and color code it so that a busy working parent can decide.
From Salon ● Jan. 18, 2023
At 12:44 p.m., the flight crew asked the controller how credible the threat was, using a preestablished color code.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 23, 2022
The mother had devised the color code to save time.
From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez
Adapting an approach commonly used by immunologists, the team was able to color-code individual particles within cells using antibodies and then sort them by color.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 21, 2023
Rescuers physically tag properties and blocks they have checked, but they also use software that allows them to map addresses and color-code them based on their findings.
From New York Times ● Oct. 3, 2022
Austin keeps a color-code chart tracking weapons shipments into the war zone, and keeps the president up to date with it, Sullivan added.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 23, 2022
As Shapiro rose to be a manager, he became fluent in the color-code vocabulary.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 1, 2019
We put them all in the same location on every box and color-code them by room.
From Slate ● Oct. 19, 2018
The daily schedule is crazier than the color-coded calendar of a working mom.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 4, 2026
A color-coded world map in the report plotted out that threat: green for lower-risk countries, where retail consolidation was low, and red for higher risk.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 16, 2026
After each guess, the player would enter Wordle's color-coded feedback into the program.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 12, 2026
“His closet is color-coded and everything is in the right spot,” said Mitch, whose girlfriend, Isabella, also lives with them.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 2026
I’d color-coded our collection of maps with tags made of free paint chips from the hardware store, a practical bit of flair learned from season 4, episode 11: “Neat for Next to Nothing.”
From "Hope Springs" by Jaime Berry
Intentional use of color-coding was very important to participants, increasing both their understanding and perception of credibility.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 20, 2023
For example, the "traffic light" color-coding system, which was introduced in 2013, aims to make it easier for consumers to know whether or not the foods they're eating are healthy for them.
From Salon ● Nov. 14, 2022
For this semester, the university has kept the color-coding, but adapted the guidelines to recognize that almost everyone is vaccinated, including 99 percent of students and 100 percent of the faculty.
From New York Times ● Jan. 16, 2022
So is there any actual benefit to color-coding the baby or harm in not doing so?
From Slate ● Jun. 25, 2019
A note on insulation color-coding: Insulating plastic is color-coded to identify live/hot, neutral and ground wires but these codes vary around the world.
From Textbooks ● Aug. 12, 2015
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