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Meaning of 'volume' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Volume [ n.]
- 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.

Meaning of 'volume' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . volume [ n]
Meaning (1):
- a publication that is one of a set of several similar publications
Example in sentence:
  • he asked for the 1989 volume of the Annual Review;
  • the third volume was missing
Meaning (2):
- the property of something that is great in magnitude
Example in sentence:
  • he received a mass of correspondence;
  • it is cheaper to buy it in bulk;
  • the volume of exports
Meaning (3):
- physical objects consisting of a number of pages bound together
Example in sentence:
  • he used a large book as a doorstop
Meaning (4):
- a relative amount
Example in sentence:
  • mix one volume of the solution with ten volumes of water
Meaning (5):
- the amount of 3-dimensional space occupied by an object
Example in sentence:
  • the gas expanded to twice its original volume
Meaning (6):
- the magnitude of sound (usually in a specified direction)
Example in sentence:
  • the kids played their music at full volume

Nearby Words:

vol-au-vent volacious volador volage volant volante volapuk volapukist volar volary

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