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vol⋅ume

  [vol-yoom, -yuhm]
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–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)   
n.  
    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.
  2. A roll of parchment; a scroll.
  3. 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   (vŏl'ym)  Pronunciation Key 
  1. The amount of space occupied by a three-dimensional object or region of space. Volumes are expressed in cubic units.
  2. A measure of the loudness or intensity of a sound.

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