To stamp or label documents with Bates numbers.

simple past tense and past participle of Bates number

plural of Bates numbering

A sequence of Bates numbers in a particular set of documents. / The action of creating or assigning such a sequence for identification.

present participle of Bates number

(physics) A quantum number of an atomic orbital, whose possible values are related to the azimuthal quantum number, that denotes the energy levels in a subshell.

(physics) A quantum number that specifies the spin of a particle; for an electron, it may only take the values ±1/2

(physics) The quantum number (of an atomic orbital) that specifies the energy of an electron in an atom and, hence, which shell it occupies

(mathematics) Any of a sequence of numbers related to the Fibonacci numbers. L(0) = 1, L(1) = 1, and then, for all n larger than 1, L(n) = L(n-1)+L(n-2)+1.

(education) mathematical work done with numbers