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COLOR CODE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does color code mean?
• COLOR CODE (noun)
The noun COLOR CODE has 1 sense:
1. system using colors to designate classifications
Familiarity information: COLOR CODE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
System using colors to designate classifications
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("color code" is a kind of...):
code (a coding system used for transmitting messages requiring brevity or secrecy)
Context examples
Some practitioners use colored pencils or crayons to allow patients to color code areas of more or less severe pain.
(Pain Map, NCI Thesaurus)
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