page number
Noun: A page number is a specific numeral or symbol assigned to a single leaf (one side of a sheet) within a sequence of pages in a book, document, or manuscript. It serves as a unique identifier for locating content.
Page numbers are used to reference, organize, and navigate written material. They are essential for creating tables of contents, indexes, and citations. * Please refer to the diagram on page number 47. * The chapter begins on page number 12. * Ensure your report's page numbers are consecutive and correctly formatted.
- Folio: In formal publishing or bibliography, a page number may be referred to as a .
- Pagination: The system or process of assigning page numbers is called . (e.g., "The pagination of the first edition differs from the second.")
- Page (n): The physical leaf or one side of it. (e.g., "Turn the page.")
- Numbering (n): The act or process of assigning numbers. (e.g., "The numbering of the sections is unclear.")
- Folio
- Page reference
- Paginal number
The term "page number" explicitly refers to the numeral itself. It is distinct from the word "page," which refers to the physical sheet or its content. The provided reference context, "the system of numbering pages," is the definition for pagination, not for "page number." A "page number" is an individual instance within that system.
- the system of numbering pages