call number

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noun Library Science.

a number, letter, symbol, or combination of these, indicating the specific location of a work in a library, especially the combination of the classification symbol and the designation for the author.

Origin of call number

An Americanism dating back to 1875–80

Words nearby call number

call letters, call loan, call market, call money, call names, call number, call of duty, call off, call of nature, call on, call one's own

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Example sentences from the Web for call number

On this pocket, at the top, write the call-number of the book.
A Library Primer|John Cotton Dana
Put on every card in the catalog the call-number of the book to which it refers.
A Library Primer|John Cotton Dana
By the call-number one can refer from any entry in it to the entry of the same book in the shelf-list.
A Library Primer|John Cotton Dana
After the call-number is written, varnish the label with a thin solution of shellac in alcohol.
A Library Primer|John Cotton Dana

It is advisable also to write the call-number in ink on some definite page bearing the library's stamp.
A Library Primer|John Cotton Dana

British Dictionary definitions for call number

call number

noun

the number given to a book in a library, indicating its shelf locationAlso called: call mark

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

单词	call number
释义	call number SEE SYNONYMS FOR call number ON THESAURUS.COM noun Library Science. a number, letter, symbol, or combination of these, indicating the specific location of a work in a library, especially the combination of the classification symbol and the designation for the author. Origin of call number An Americanism dating back to 1875–80 Words nearby call number call letters, call loan, call market, call money, call names, call number, call of duty, call off, call of nature, call on, call one's own Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for call number On this pocket, at the top, write the call-number of the book. A Library Primer\|John Cotton Dana Put on every card in the catalog the call-number of the book to which it refers. A Library Primer\|John Cotton Dana By the call-number one can refer from any entry in it to the entry of the same book in the shelf-list. A Library Primer\|John Cotton Dana After the call-number is written, varnish the label with a thin solution of shellac in alcohol. A Library Primer\|John Cotton Dana It is advisable also to write the call-number in ink on some definite page bearing the library's stamp. A Library Primer\|John Cotton Dana British Dictionary definitions for call number call number noun the number given to a book in a library, indicating its shelf locationAlso called: call mark Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to call number pressmark, shelf mark
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call number

noun Library Science.

Origin of call number

Words nearby call number

Example sentences from the Web for call number

British Dictionary definitions for call number

noun

Words related to call number