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Phillips Code

Phillips Code proper noun: a shorthand for the rapid transmission of press reports by telegraph.

Proper noun

Phillips Code (uncountable)

  1. A shorthand for the rapid transmission of press reports by telegraph.
    • Some acronyms make it, some don't. In Phillips Code, WHU stood for “the White House”; not even Potus uses that anymore. (Coming soon, to replace U.S. Government -- Gotus!)1997 October 12, William Safire, “Potus And Flotus”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

Origin of Phillips Code

Named after its inventor Walter P. Phillips (1846–1920).

Questions about Phillips Code

What does Phillips Code mean?
Phillips Code means a shorthand for the rapid transmission of press reports by telegraph.
What part of speech is Phillips Code?
Phillips Code is a proper noun.

Words near Phillips Code in the dictionary

  1. phillippe
  2. Phillippes
  3. Phillippi
  4. Phillippis
  5. Phillips
  6. Phillips Code
  7. Phillips County
  8. Phillips curve
  9. Phillips curves
  10. Phillips head
  11. Phillips heads

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