noun
- a collection of written or printed sheets bound together and constituting a book.
- one book of a related set or series.
- a set of issues of a periodical, often covering one year.
- History/Historical. a roll of papyrus, parchment, or the like, or of manuscript.
- the amount of space, measured in cubic units, that an object or substance occupies.
- a mass or quantity, especially a large quantity, of something: a volume of mail.
- amount; total: the volume of sales.
- the degree of sound intensity or audibility; loudness: to turn up the volume on a radio.
- fullness or quantity of tone.
- speak volumes,
- to be very evident or significant: Her testimony spoke volumes.
- to be expressive or meaningful: Your eyes speak volumes.
noun
- the magnitude of the three-dimensional space enclosed within or occupied by an object, geometric solid, etcSymbol: V
- a large mass or quantitythe volume of protest
- an amount or totalthe volume of exports
- fullness or intensity of tone or sound
- the control on a radio, etc, for adjusting the intensity of sound
- a bound collection of printed or written pages; book
- any of several books either bound in an identical format or part of a series
- the complete set of issues of a periodical over a specified period, esp one year
- history a roll or scroll of parchment, papyrus, etc
- speak volumes to convey much significant information
late 14c., “roll of parchment containing writing, large book,” from Old French volume, from Latin volumen (genitive voluminis) “roll (as of a manuscript), coil, wreath,” from volvere “to turn around, roll” (see volvox). Meaning “book forming part of a set” (1520s) is from a sense in French. Generalized sense of “bulk, mass, quantity” (1620s) developed from that of “bulk or size of a book” (1520s), again following the sense evolution in the French version of the word.
n.
- The amount of space occupied by a three-dimensional object or region of space, expressed in cubic units.
- The capacity of such a region or of a specified container, expressed in cubic units.
- The amount of space occupied by a three-dimensional object or region of space. Volumes are expressed in cubic units.
- A measure of the loudness or intensity of a sound.
In mathematics, the amount of space occupied by an object measured in three dimensions, expressed in cubic units. In physics, the loudness of a sound.
see speak volumes.