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Definition: Codex |
CodexNoun1. An official list of chemicals or medicines etc. 2. An unbound manuscript of some ancient classic. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "codex" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1550. (references) |
Etymology: Codex \Co"dex\, noun; plural Codices. [Latin expression See Code.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Book | Noun: booklet; writing, work, volume, tome, opuscule; tract, tractate; livret; brochure, libretto, handbook, codex, manual, pamphlet, enchiridion, circular, publication; chap book. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Codex |
| English words defined with "codex": Codical, Codices ♦ Sinaitic manuscript. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "codex": Alexandrian Codex ♦ Maximum Residue Level ♦ Vaticanus, Codex. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Codex" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. French (pharmacopoeia), Latin (block, book, pad, stem, trunk), Romanian (code). |
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Movie/TV Titles | Codex purpureus rossanensis (1986) | |
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 | Acting Librarian of Congress Werner W. Clapp receives The Yonan Codex to exhibit at the Library, March 25, 1955. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Page of the codex of Coyotepec. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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Business | The same criteria of CODEX has been adopted in order to indicate zero' contents of calorie, saturated fat and cholesterol. (references) | |
Trade | Egypt | However, all flavorings, which conform under CODEX or WHO, are approved in Egypt. (references) |
Guatemala | The Codex Alimentarius food additives list was used in creating the Guatemalan norm. (references) | |
Argentina | For pesticides and other contaminants, pesticide tolerances are regulated by the CAA, which is based on the Codex Alimentarius (FAO/OMS). (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Codex" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 94.74% of the time. "Codex" is used about 19 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 94.74% | 18 | 82,615 |
| Noun (proper) | 5.26% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 19 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "codex": Codex Sinaiticus ♦ sinaiticus codex. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
codex | 611 | codex necron | 9 |
codex xvid | 66 | codex svcd | 8 |
alimentarius codex | 61 | eldar codex | 8 |
divx codex | 45 | tau codex | 8 |
food chemical codex | 30 | audio codex | 8 |
codex download | 26 | codex divix | 8 |
codex nimo | 25 | codex movie | 8 |
codex media player | 17 | codex indeo | 7 |
codex video | 17 | ac3 codex | 7 |
avi codex | 16 | aztec codex writing | 7 |
codex media player window | 15 | codex modem | 7 |
codex dvd | 15 | codex imperial guard | 6 |
codex pornica | 13 | codex dresden | 6 |
codex eye terror | 12 | warhammer 40k codex | 6 |
warhammer codex | 12 | codex wmv | 6 |
codex sinaiticus | 11 | codex dx50 | 6 |
codex nemo | 10 | codex mayan | 6 |
codex vaticanus | 9 | aztec codex | 6 |
codex div3 | 9 | codex borgia | 6 |
space marine codex | 9 | alimentario codex | 6 |
codex nimo pack | 6 | ||
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "codex"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | kodik, dorëshkrim i vjetër. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | مجموعة مخطوطات. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | сборник от старинни ръкописи. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 抄本 (Codices, transcript). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | kodex (code). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | kodeks. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | codex. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | مجموعه قوانین , نسخه قدیمی , دستخطکهنه . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | codex, koodeksi. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | codex, manuscrit. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Codex, kodex (code, manuscript). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | κώδιξ (code). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | kódex. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | naskah kuno. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | codice (code, pandects, statute book). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 写本 (manuscript, written copy), 古写本 (old manuscript). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | しゃほ" (manuscript, written copy), "しゃほ" (old manuscript). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | odexcay códice. (various references) кодекс (code, law book, law-book). (various references) kodeks (corpus). (various references) códice. (various references) codex, kodex (code). (various references) หนังสือโบรา"ที่เขียน"้วยลายมือ. (various references) kodeks (formulary, pharmacopoeia), klasik metin, el yazması kitap. (various references) старовинний рукопис, фармокопея, кодекс (code, corpus). (various references) ysgriflyfr (manuscript). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Misspellings | |
"Codex" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Cadex, Caex, catex, cd-emx, Cdev, cedax, cedex, Celex, codae, codax, codec, codek, codeu, Codey, codi, comdef, comex, conex, coode, Copex, corex, cotex, covex, cowex, cutex, ecotax, kode, kodex, odex, Sdex. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "codex" (pronounced 'Co"dex'): Caudex, Index, Subindex. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: coxed. | |
| Words within the letters "c-d-e-o-x" | |
-1 letter: code, coed, deco. | |
-2 letters: cod, cox, dex, doc, doe, ode. | |
-3 letters: de, do, ed, ex, od, oe, ox. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-d-e-o-x" | |
+1 letter: coaxed. | |
+3 letters: coextend, commixed. | |
+4 letters: coannexed, coexerted, coexisted, coextends, complexed, coxitides, endotoxic, exorcised, exorcized, hexachord, peroxidic, uxoricide. | |
+5 letters: coextended, coxswained, detoxicant, detoxicate, excoriated, hexachords, uxoricides. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)43 6F 64 65 78 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-.-. --- -.. . -..- |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000011 01101111 01100100 01100101 01111000 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)C o d e x |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0043 006F 0064 0065 0078 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)3781707190 |
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