barcoding

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noun

The assignment of a barcode to a product and the printing of the barcode on the product

OriginEnglish barcode ← Middle English code ← Old French code →
UncommonScrabble 15
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Meanings

nounbarcoding (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe assignment of a barcode to a product and the printing of the barcode on the product
  2. uncountablebiologyA taxonomic method that uses a short genetic marker in an organism's DNA to identify it as belonging to a particular species.

Origin

  1. Vulgar Latin*barra
  2. Old Frenchbarre
  3. Middle Englishbarre
  4. Englishbar
  5. Latincaudex
  6. Latincōdex
  7. Old Frenchcode
  8. Middle Englishcode
  9. Englishcode
  10. Englishbarcode
  11. Englishbarcoding

From barcode + -ing.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

brocading
Cite this entry
APA

barcoding. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/barcoding

MLA

“barcoding.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/barcoding. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “barcoding,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/barcoding.

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