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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.

- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

  • A unit of three dimensional measure that consists of a length, a width and a height. It is measured in units of cubic centimeters in metric, cubic inches or cubic feet in English measurement. (The room is 9x12x8, so its volume is 864 cubic feet.)
  • Strength of sound. Measured in decibels. (Please turn down the volume on the stereo.)
  • The issues of a periodical over a period of one year. (I looked at this week's copy of the magazine. It was volume 23, issue 45.)
  • A single book of a publication issued in multi-book format, such as an encyclopedia. (The letter "G" was found in volume 4.)
  • A synonym for quantity. (The volume of ticket sales decreased this week.)
  • cubic distance
         
  • Customary: ounces, pints, quarts, gallons, cubic inches (in3), cubic feet, cubic yards, cubic miles
         
  • Metric: mililiters, liters, cubic meters (m3), cubic centimeters ("cc") (cm3)
  • sound
         
  • Universal: bels, decibels
         
  • Metric: millipascals (mPa)

    French
  • volume

    Italian
  • volume
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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