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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.

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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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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.
Papers and Proceedings of the Thirty-fourth Annual Meeting of the American Library Association Held at Ottawa, Canada June 26-July 2, 1912|Various
Charge slips are deposited temporarily in a drawer, and next morning are arranged by call-number and filed in the charging tray.
Papers and Proceedings of the Thirty-fourth Annual Meeting of the American Library Association Held at Ottawa, Canada June 26-July 2, 1912|Various
Book pocket contains two cards, one white, one pink with author's name, title of book and call number and accession number.
Papers and Proceedings of the Thirty-fourth Annual Meeting of the American Library Association Held at Ottawa, Canada June 26-July 2, 1912|Various
You don't need the size to tell on what shelf the book is put, because that is given by the call number.
Papers and Proceedings of the Twenty-Third General Meeting of the American Library Association|Various

Did Sheriff Decker have any particular call number at all, or not, in your police number system?
Warren Commission (6 of 26): Hearings Vol. VI (of 15)|The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy

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

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call number

Origin of call number

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