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vol⋅ume

[vol-yoom, -yuh

–noun

1.	a collection of written or printed sheets bound together and constituting a book.

2.	one book of a related set or series.

3.	a set of issues of a periodical, often covering one year.

4.	History/Historical. a roll of papyrus, parchment, or the like, or of manuscript.

5.	the amount of space, measured in cubic units, that an object or substance occupies.

6.	a mass or quantity, esp. a large quantity, of something: a volume of mail.

7.	amount; total: the volume of sales.

8.	the degree of sound intensity or audibility; loudness: to turn up the volume on a radio.

9.	fullness or quantity of tone.

—Idiom

10.

speak volumes,

a.	to be very evident or significant: Her testimony spoke volumes.

b.	to be expressive or meaningful: Your eyes speak volumes.

Origin:
1350–1400; ME volum(e) < MF < L volūmen roll (of sheets), equiv. to volū-, base of volvere to roll + -men n. suffix

Synonyms:
5. See size ¹ .

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vol·ume (vŏl'yōōm, -yəm)

1. A collection of written or printed sheets bound together; a book.
2. One of the books of a work printed and bound in more than one book.
3. A series of issues of a periodical, usually covering one calendar year.
4. A unit of written material assembled together and cataloged in a library.
5. The amount of space occupied by a three-dimensional object or region of space, expressed in cubic units.
6. The capacity of such a region or of a specified container, expressed in cubic units.
7. Amount; quantity: a low volume of business; a considerable volume of lumber.
8. A large amount. Often used in the plural: volumes of praise.
9. The amplitude or loudness of a sound.
10. A control, as on a radio, for adjusting amplitude or loudness.
A roll of parchment; a scroll.
Abbr. V
1. The amount of space occupied by a three-dimensional object or region of space, expressed in cubic units.
2. The capacity of such a region or of a specified container, expressed in cubic units.
3. Amount; quantity: a low volume of business; a considerable volume of lumber.
4. A large amount. Often used in the plural: volumes of praise.
5. The amplitude or loudness of a sound.
6. A control, as on a radio, for adjusting amplitude or loudness.
1. Amount; quantity: a low volume of business; a considerable volume of lumber.
2. A large amount. Often used in the plural: volumes of praise.
3. The amplitude or loudness of a sound.
4. A control, as on a radio, for adjusting amplitude or loudness.
1. The amplitude or loudness of a sound.
2. A control, as on a radio, for adjusting amplitude or loudness.

[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin volūmen, roll of writing, from volvere, to roll; see wel-² in Indo-European roots.]

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Volume

Vol"ume\, n. [F., from L. volumen a roll of writing, a book, volume, from volvere, volutum, to roll. See Voluble.]

1. A roll; a scroll; a written document rolled up for keeping or for use, after the manner of the ancients. [Obs.]

The papyrus, and afterward the parchment, was joined together [by the ancients] to form one sheet, and then rolled upon a staff into a volume (volumen). --Encyc. Brit.

2. 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.

An odd volume of a set of books bears not the value of its proportion to the set. --Franklin.

4. Anything of a rounded or swelling form resembling a roll; a turn; a convolution; a coil.

So glides some trodden serpent on the grass, And long behind wounded volume trails. --Dryden.

Undulating billows rolling their silver volumes. --W. Irving.

4. 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.

5. (Mus.) Amount, fullness, quantity, or caliber of voice or tone.

Atomic volume, Molecular volume (Chem.), the ratio of the atomic and molecular weights divided respectively by the specific gravity of the substance in question.

Specific volume (Physics & Chem.), the quotient obtained by dividing unity by the specific gravity; the reciprocal of the specific gravity. It is equal (when the specific gravity is referred to water at 4[deg] C. as a standard) to the number of cubic centimeters occupied by one gram of the substance.

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Language Translation for : volume

Spanish: volumen,

German: der Band,

Japanese: 書物

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volume

In mathematics, the amount of space occupied by an object measured in three dimensions, expressed in cubic units. In physics, the loudness of a sound.

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volume

c.1380, "roll of parchment containing writing, large book," from O.Fr. volume, from L. volumen (gen. voluminis) "roll (as of a manuscript), coil, wreath," from volvere "to turn around, roll" (see vulva). Meaning "book forming part of a set" (1523) is from M.Fr. Generalized sense of "bulk, mass, quantity" (1621) developed from that of "bulk or size of a book" (1530), again following the sense evolution in the Fr. version of the word. Voluminous "forming a large mass" is from 1647.

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Volume

The number of shares or contracts traded in a security or an entire market during a given period of time. It is simply the amount of shares that trade hands from sellers to buyers as a measure of activity. If a buyer of a stock purchases 100 shares from a seller then the volume for that period increases by 100 shares based on that transaction.

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Volume is an important indicator in technical analysis as it used to measure the worth of a market move. If the markets have made strong price move either up or down the perceived strength of that move depends on the volume for that period. The higher the volume during that price move the more significant the move.

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volume

The amount of trading sustained in a security or in the entire market during a given period. Especially heavy volume may indicate that important news has just been announced or is expected. See also average daily volume.

Main Entry: vol·ume
Pronunciation: 'väl-y&m, -(")yüm
Function: noun
1 : the amount of space occupied by a three-dimensionalfigure as measured in cubic units (as inches, quarts, or centimeters) : cubic capacity
2 : the amount of a substance occupying a particular volume

volume vol·ume (vŏl'y&oomacr;m, -yəm)
n.

The amount of space occupied by a three-dimensional object or region of space, expressed in cubic units.
The capacity of such a region or of a specified container, expressed in cubic units.

volume (vŏl'y

m) Pronunciation Key

The amount of space occupied by a three-dimensional object or region of space. Volumes are expressed in cubic units.
A measure of the loudness or intensity of a sound.

volume

see speak volumes.

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