volumes

Noun

volume (countable and uncountable, plural volumes)

1. A three-dimensional measure of space that comprises 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 9×12×8, so its volume is 864 cubic feet.
2. Strength of sound: how loud it is.
   • Please turn down the volume on the stereo.

   Synonyms:

   loudness

3. 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.
4. A bound book.
   • However, with the dainty volume my quondam friend sprang into fame. At the same time he cast off the chrysalis of a commonplace existence.1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter I, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC
5. A single book of a publication issued in multi-book format, such as an encyclopedia.
   • The letter "G" was found in volume 4.
6. (broadly, in plural) A great amount (of meaning) about something.
   • Ayesha wheeled round, and, pointing to the girl Ustane, said one word, and one only, but it was quite enough, for the tone in which it was said meant volumes.1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC

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