Cutter number
[ kuht-er ]
nounLibrary Science.
a code combining decimal numbers with letters from an author's surname, used in an alphabetizing system.
Origin of Cutter number
1After Charles A. Cutter (1837–1903), U.S. librarian, whose classification system had a similar feature
Words Nearby Cutter number
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2024
Browse