all-figure number

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all-figure number

noun all-figure numbers

UK, historical A telephone number consisting purely of digits, introduced in the 1960s to replace numbers that began with an alphabetic code for the exchange.
Similar: AFN

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@misc{all_figure_number_2026,
  title = {all-figure number},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/all-figure%20number},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}