International Code

American  

noun

1. a code used at sea by the navies of certain nations, using a series of flags representing digits from zero through nine.

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Etymology

Origin of International Code

First recorded in 1880–85

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International Code

The SuperAdobe has International Code Conference approval as a form of adobe architecture, and the organization is working on getting the structures International Residential Code approval next.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 20, 2025

The warning dates to 1981, when the nations that make up the governing body of the WHO passed the International Code of Marketing of Breast-Milk Substitutes.

From Salon ● Mar. 23, 2024

In June, the International Code Council and the Modular Building Institute announced a national initiative focused on the adoption of standards for off-site construction.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 17, 2023

The report's authors and several external experts said it was time to reform the International Code of Marketing of Breast-milk Substitutes.

From Reuters ● Feb. 22, 2022

We had no Articles of our Association, no charters, no covenants; our only documents were the International Code of Signals and the Rule of the Road at Sea.

From Merchantmen-at-arms : the British merchants' service in the war by David W. (David William) Bone