Dictionary entries for 'volume'

Synonyms

vol·ume (vŏĺyōōm, -yəm)

[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin volūmen, roll of writing, from volvere, to roll.]

noun

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.
A roll of parchment; a scroll.
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.
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.
1. The amplitude or loudness of a sound.
2. A control, as on a radio, for adjusting amplitude or loudness.