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 Definitions of Volume  [ˈvɒl yum, -yəm]  

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Definition of 'Volume' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) volume
the amount of space, measured in cubic units, that an object or substance occupies.

2.  volume
the measured amount that a container or other object can hold; cubic capacity.

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

4.  volume
amount; total:
the volume of sales.

5.  volume
mass; bulk.

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

7.  volume
fullness or quantity of tone.

8.  volume
a book, esp. as a separately bound portion of a larger work, or as one of a series of works.

9.  volume
a set of issues of a periodical, often covering one year.

10.  volume
a roll of papyrus, parchment, etc.; scroll.

11.  volume
speak volumes, to be expressive or full of meaning.

Etymology:  (1350–1400; < MF < L volūmen roll (of sheets), der. of volvere to roll)

Definition of 'Volume' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) volume
the amount of 3-dimensional space occupied by an object
"the gas expanded to twice its original volume"

2. (noun) bulk, mass, volume
the property of something that is great in magnitude
"it is cheaper to buy it in bulk"; "he received a mass of correspondence"; "the volume of exports"

3. (noun) book, volume
physical objects consisting of a number of pages bound together
"he used a large book as a doorstop"

4. (noun) volume
a publication that is one of a set of several similar publications
"the third volume was missing"; "he asked for the 1989 volume of the Annual Review"

5. (noun) volume
a relative amount
"mix one volume of the solution with ten volumes of water"

6. (noun) volume, loudness, intensity
the magnitude of sound (usually in a specified direction)
"the kids played their music at full volume"


Definition of 'Volume' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (noun) volume
the level of loudness of a sound
Turn down/up the volume on the TV.

2.  volume
the amount of space occupied by sth
to calculate the volume of a sphere

3.  volume
the amount or level of sth
sales volume; The volume of work is enormous.

4.  volume
one of a series of books
volume two of the encyclopedia


Definition of 'Volume' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) Volume
a roll; a scroll; a written document rolled up for keeping or for use, after the manner of the ancients

2. (noun) Volume
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

3. (noun) Volume
anything of a rounded or swelling form resembling a roll; a turn; a convolution; a coil

4. (noun) Volume
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. (noun) Volume
amount, fullness, quantity, or caliber of voice or tone


Translation of 'Volume' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: a book
This library contains over a million volumes.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: volume Arabic flag Arabic: كِتاب كَبير الحَجْم Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: книга
Brazilian flag Brazilian: volume Czech flag Czech: svazek German flag German: der Band
Danish flag Danish: bind Greek flag Greek: τόμος Spanish flag Spanish: volumen
Estonian flag Estonian: teos Farsi flag Farsi: کتاب Finnish flag Finnish: teos
French flag French: volume Hebrew flag Hebrew: סֵפֶר Hindi flag Hindi: ग्रन्थ
Croatian flag Croatian: svezak Hungarian flag Hungarian: kötet Indonesian flag Indonesian: buku
Icelandic flag Icelandic: bók Italian flag Italian: volume Japanese flag Japanese: 書物
Korean flag Korean: 책, 서적 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: tomas Latvian flag Latvian: grāmata
Malay flag Malay: buku Dutch flag Dutch: boekdeel Norwegian flag Norwegian: bind, bok
Polish flag Polish: tom Portuguese flag Portuguese: volume Romanian flag Romanian: volum
Russian flag Russian: книга, том Slovak flag Slovak: zväzok Slovenian flag Slovenian: knjiga
Serbian flag Serbian: knjiga Swedish flag Swedish: volym, band Thai flag Thai: หนังสือ
Turkish flag Turkish: kitap Taiwanese flag Taiwanese:  Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: книга
Urdu flag Urdu: کتاب Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: quyển, cuốn sách Chinese flag Chinese: 

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