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° C. as a standard) to the number of cubic centimeters
occupied by one gram of the substance.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° C. as a standard) to the number of cubic centimeters
occupied by one gram of the substance.