call number

A number used in libraries to classify a book and indicate its location on the shelves.

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call number

(Library Science & Bibliography) the number given to a book in a library, indicating its shelf location. Also called: call mark

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call′ num`ber

a number, letter, symbol, or combination of these, indicating the specific location of a work in a library.

[1875–80, Amer.]

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call number - a mark consisting of characters written on a book; used to indicate shelf location

call mark, pressmark

mark - a written or printed symbol (as for punctuation); "his answer was just a punctuation mark"

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The Embassy of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in Ottawa invites citizens to communicate with them when needed for any assistance or inquiry through the following means of communication: Ministry of Foreign Affairs Unified Call Number: 920033334 Operations Room at the Embassy: 0016132766880 0016138908161 E-mail: caemb@mofa.gov.sa ctz.caemb@mofa.gov.sa Emergency telephone at the cultural attache: 0016132615585 0016139404943 0016139402991 0016139404580 Social media accounts: Embassy of Canada: (@KSAembassyCA) New Media and Call Center: (@CMMofa) --SPA 00:59 LOCAL TIME 21:59 GMT 0047 www.spa.gov.sa/1794561

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It urged them to call number +995595666466 in cases of emergency or by contacting the ministry's call centre at 8004444.

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The number of cases of women seeking help from the government-run emergency call number 1366 because of so-called dating violence reached 3,903 in the four months till April, according to the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family.

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A WATCHDOG has called for tougher action against so-called nuisance call number spoofing, warning that their increasing use was undermining the UK's caller ID system.

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I eventually, via their charity shop in Newcastle, was given a central call number somewhere in the South of England.