| Volume (volume) |
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| n. | (?) |
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| Vol"ume |
| [F., from L. volumen a
roll of writing, a book, volume, from volvere, volutum, to
roll. See Voluble.] |
A roll; a scroll; a
written document rolled up for keeping or for use, after the manner of the
ancients.
Hence, a collection of printed sheets bound
together, whether containing a single work, or a part of a work, or more
than one work; a book; a tome; especially, that part of an extended work
which is bound up together in one cover; as, a work in four
volumes.
Anything of a rounded or swelling form
resembling a roll; a turn; a convolution; a coil.
Dimensions; compass; space occupied, as measured
by cubic units, that is, cubic inches, feet, yards, etc.; mass; bulk; as,
the volume of an elephant's body; a volume of gas.
Amount, fullness, quantity, or
caliber of voice or tone.
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