noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

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

Etymology

From barcode + -ing.

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