BAR CODE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does bar code mean? 

• BAR CODE (noun)
  The noun BAR CODE has 1 sense:

1. code consisting of a series of vertical bars of variable width that are scanned by a laser; printed on consumer product packages to identify the item for a computer that provides the price and registers inventory information

  Familiarity information: BAR CODE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BAR CODE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Code consisting of a series of vertical bars of variable width that are scanned by a laser; printed on consumer product packages to identify the item for a computer that provides the price and registers inventory information

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

bar code; Universal Product Code

Hypernyms ("bar code" is a kind of...):

code (a coding system used for transmitting messages requiring brevity or secrecy)

 Context examples 

Participants sniffed the contents, identified the vial with the different odor, and then scanned that vial’s bar code.

(Humans Can Identify More Than 1 Trillion Smells, NIH, US)

The researchers placed 10, 20, or 30 odor components in equal ratios into vials labeled with bar codes.

(Humans Can Identify More Than 1 Trillion Smells, NIH, US)