VOLUME
\vˈɒljuːm], \vˈɒljuːm], \v_ˈɒ_l_j_uː_m]\
Definitions of VOLUME
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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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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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"
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the amount of 3-dimensional space occupied by an object; "the gas expanded to twice its original volume"
By Princeton University
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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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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"
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the amount of 3-dimensional space occupied by an object; "the gas expanded to twice its original volume"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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A roll; a scroll; a written document rolled up for keeping or for use, after the manner of the ancients.
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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.
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Anything of a rounded or swelling form resembling a roll; a turn; a convolution; a coil.
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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.
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Amount, fullness, quantity, or caliber of voice or tone.
By Oddity Software
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A roll; a scroll; a written document rolled up for keeping or for use, after the manner of the ancients.
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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.
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Anything of a rounded or swelling form resembling a roll; a turn; a convolution; a coil.
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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.
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Amount, fullness, quantity, or caliber of voice or tone.
By Noah Webster.
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Number of printed sheets bound together; a book; one of several parts of a large work, each of which is bound separately; amount of space filled; as, measure the volume of water in this vessel; fulness of voice or tone; as volume of sound.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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n. [Latin]A roll; a scroll;-hence, a book; a tome; especially, that part of an extended work which is bound up together in one cover;-any thing of a rounded or swelling form;-dimensions; compass; space occupied, as measured by cubic inches, feet, yards, and the like;-power, fulness, quantity, or calibre of voice or tone.
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