folio
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liˌoʊ noun
1.
a sheet of paper folded once to make two leaves, or four pages, of a book or manuscript.
2.
a volume having pages of the largest size, formerly made from such a sheet.
3.
a leaf of a manuscript or book numbered only on the front side.
4.
Printing.
a.
(in a book) the number of each page.
b.
(in a newspaper) the number of each page together with the date and the name of the newspaper.
5.
Bookkeeping. a page of an account book or a left-hand page and a right-hand page facing each other and having the same serial number.
adjective
7.
pertaining to or having the format of a folio: a folio volume.
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verb (used with object)
8.
to number each leaf or page of.
9.
Law. to mark each folio in (a pleading or the like) with the proper number.
Origin:
1525–35; < Latin foliō (orig. in phrase in foliō in a leaf, sheet), ablative of folium folium
1525–35; < Latin foliō (orig. in phrase in foliō in a leaf, sheet), ablative of folium folium
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| —n , pl -lios | |
| 1. | a sheet of paper folded in half to make two leaves for a book or manuscript |
| 2. | a book or manuscript of the largest common size made up of such sheets |
| 3. | a leaf of paper or parchment numbered on the front side only |
| 4. | a page number in a book |
| 5. | law a unit of measurement of the length of legal documents, determined by the number of words, generally 72 or 90 in Britain and 100 in the US |
| 6. | (NZ) a collection of related material |
| —adj | |
| 7. | relating to or having the format of a folio: a folio edition |
| —vb , -lios, -lios, -lioing, -lioed | |
| 8. | (tr) to number the leaves of (a book) consecutively |
| [C16: from Latin phrase in foliō in a leaf, from folium leaf] | |
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Word Origin & History
folio
mid-15c., from L.L. folio "leaf or sheet of paper," from L. folio, abl. of folium "leaf," from PIE *bhulyom "leaf" (cf. Gk. phyllon "leaf," Gael. bile "leaflet, blossom"), from base *bhel- (2) "to thrive, bloom, swell" (see bole). Ablative of location, since this was used in
page references. Meaning "volume of the largest size" first attested 1620s.
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Example sentences
One folio volume is as ponderous as another, if it crushes down the tender germs of thought.
The six-part folio presented here features digital cartographic displays.
Parallel texts of the first and second quartos and the first folio, ed.
It is an episodic selection from a folio of letters rather than a complete dramatic characterization.
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