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Volume   /vˈɑljum/   Listen
Volume

noun
1.
The amount of 3-dimensional space occupied by an object.
2.
The property of something that is great in magnitude.  Synonyms: bulk, mass.  "He received a mass of correspondence" , "The volume of exports"
3.
Physical objects consisting of a number of pages bound together.  Synonym: book.
4.
A publication that is one of a set of several similar publications.  "He asked for the 1989 volume of the Annual Review"
5.
A relative amount.
6.
The magnitude of sound (usually in a specified direction).  Synonyms: intensity, loudness.



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"Volume" Quotes from Famous Books



... domestic. The care of the doctor had supplied her with the best books on cookery, to which his own inventive genius and the kindness of friends had added a large, and always increasing manuscript volume. The lady studied them carefully, and by diligent superintendence left the doctor nothing to desire in the service of his table. His cellar was well stocked with a selection of the best vintages, under his ...
— Gryll Grange • Thomas Love Peacock
... own, and the old couple were left once more alone in the old stone house. Aunt Pomeroy's favorite place for receiving her friends was in the northeast corner room of the lower floor. There she was accustomed to sit in her rocking-chair, with her book, ordinarily a volume of sermons, or her knitting, usually a shawl to be sold for the benefit of missions to the heathen. She was fond of a game of whist, and her great-grandchildren once attempted to teach her to play euchre. She was getting on very well with ...
— The Story of Cooperstown • Ralph Birdsall
... was occupied by tall cases, some of them containing books, but the majority filled with scientific paraphernalia; rows of flasks and jars, frames of test-tubes, retorts, scales, and other objects of the laboratory. At a large and very finely carved table sat Dr. Fu-Manchu, a yellow and faded volume open before him, and some dark red fluid, almost like blood, bubbling in a test-tube which he held over the ...
— The Return of Dr. Fu-Manchu • Sax Rohmer
... had been reserving fire, now poured forth a deluge of shrapnel. The sound of rifle fire was scattered and ragged at first, but it increased steadily in volume. Then came the "boiler-factory chorus," the sharp rattle of dozens of machine guns. The bullets were flying over our heads like swarms of angry wasps. A ration-box board which I held above the parapet was struck almost immediately. Fortunately for the artillery ...
— Kitchener's Mob - Adventures of an American in the British Army • James Norman Hall
... commander cried excitedly. "McKegnie, can you hear me?" There was no answer. Patiently Wells waited a minute, every second of which increased the volume of his long-lost cook's bewildered tones. ...
— Astounding Stories, February, 1931 • Various


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