International Standard Book Number

[ in-ter-nash-uh-nl stan-derd book nuhm-ber ]

noun

1. ISBN ( def ).

Example Sentences

At Florida’s Coleman prison, the restrictions were to have taken effect on May 14 and would have mandated that prisoners file an electronic request including the 13-digit International Standard Book Number, according to the March 29 memo by the warden.

From Reuters

If books are to become living documents after their original publication—and I believe they should in many cases—we have another major hurdle: the book-numbering system called ISBN, or International Standard Book Number, a unique identifier created for commercial purposes.

From Slate

If there is no bar code, she checks the International Standard Book Number on the copyright page.

From New York Times