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colour code

British  

noun

  1. a system of easily distinguishable colours, as for the identification of electrical wires or resistors

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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The document uses a colour code to compare the company's UK-wide tests and treatment options and states that it is intended to help staff improve clinical care.

From BBC Jan. 12, 2026

Instead, it has to be made, mainly in two ways, each marked by a colour code.

From BBC May 24, 2022

“I colour code them so when you’ve got conversations you know who’s speaking when.”

From The Guardian Nov. 16, 2019

The 3D colour code does not have the symmetry between X and Z parity checks, and so lacks a transversal H gate.

From Nature Sep. 12, 2017

An example of a larger 2D colour code is shown in Fig. 5b.

From Nature Sep. 12, 2017

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