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call number






call number   
noun

Definition of call number

: a combination of characters assigned to a library book to indicate its place on a shelf



Recent Examples on the Web


//The call number on the card matched a number written on the spine of each book.
— Jonathan Schifman, Popular Mechanics, "How the Humble Index Card Foresaw the Internet," 11 Feb. 2016
//Decimal points divided different sections of the call number.
— Jonathan Schifman, Popular Mechanics, "How the Humble Index Card Foresaw the Internet," 11 Feb. 2016
//This goes on for two months, until the women get hold of a Kurdistan phone book and start calling numbers at random.
— Deborah Campbell, New York Times, "Like a Schindler for Iraq, This Unlikely War Hero Freed Women From ISIS," 27 Apr. 2018
//Members pay a small fee and are given an on-call number staffed by a volunteer.
— Bonnie L. Cook, Philly.com, "Doris B. Steinberg, 87, founder of East Falls Village to help seniors," 21 Dec. 2017
//The callers also are cold-calling numbers in various cities.
— Robert A. Cronkleton, kansascity, "FBI: Hang up if you get a call from a woman screaming for help," 17 Oct. 2017
//While those law-abiding companies avoid calling numbers on the registry, Diane and her ilk blithely ignore the rules.
— Jo Craven Mcginty, WSJ, "Phoning It In: Unwanted Calls Are No. 1 Complaint With FTC," 8 Sep. 2017


First Known Use of call number

1876, in the meaning defined above



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