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Plural / 3rd person of volume. Showing the entry for volume.

volume

vo·lume

UK/ˈvɒl.juːm/ US/ˈvɒl.jʊm/ fairly common

noun

1.

the amount of 3-dimensional space occupied by an object

  • “the gas expanded to twice its original volume”
2.

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”
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3.

physical objects consisting of a number of pages bound together

  • “he used a large book as a doorstop”
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4.

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.

a relative amount

  • “mix one volume of the solution with ten volumes of water”
6.

the magnitude of sound (usually in a specified direction)

  • “the kids played their music at full volume”
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Origin

From Middle English volume, from Old French volume, from Latin volūmen (“book, roll”), from volvō (“roll, turn about”).

Phrases

  • alcohol by volume
  • atomic volume
  • blood volume
  • fractional volume
  • Hubble volume
  • Local Volume
  • lung volume
  • molar volume

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