call number
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.
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How to use call number in a sentence
When a book is issued its call number is written on borrower's card and date of issue stamped on it and on dating slip.
Charge slips are deposited temporarily in a drawer, and next morning are arranged by call-number and filed in the charging tray.
Book pocket contains two cards, one white, one pink with author's name, title of book and call number and accession number.
You don't need the size to tell on what shelf the book is put, because that is given by the call number.
Did Sheriff Decker have any particular call number at all, or not, in your police number system?
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British Dictionary definitions for call number
the number given to a book in a library, indicating its shelf location: Also called: call mark
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