code book

Example Sentences

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We, then decided after scanning the code book, that we wanted to make sure that this was a prosecution of both sets of victims, the majority of which were Kenyan victims.

From MSNBC • Jun. 19, 2019

At spy stations, young visitors can imitate her method, write messages in invisible ink and use a cipher wheel, an early encryption and decryption device, to reveal information in Tallmadge’s code book.

From New York Times • Sep. 20, 2018

A well-thumbed code book is preserved for display.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 24, 2016

But the son lacks his father's diplomatic code book and probably wouldn't use one if he had it.

From Time Magazine Archive

Most significantly, we both use precisely the same code book for translating nucleic acid information into protein information, as do virtually all the other creatures on the planet.'

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan