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

Example Sentences

The marshal put this idea to the International Code Council, the organization that governs the construction of American buildings.

From Slate • Feb. 28, 2025

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

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 Bone, David W. (David William)