ISBN number

noun

A pleonastic variant of ISBN.

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Meanings

nounISBN number (plural ISBN numbers)

plural ISBN numbers

  1. A pleonastic variant of ISBN.

    The State Library is now organising a scheme for South African publishers to be allocated their own ISBN numbers.

    1971 April 29, Reuben Musiker, “The Bibliographical Scene in South Africa”, in South African Libraries, volume 38, number 5, South African Library Association, →ISSN, page 281
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MLA

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Chicago

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