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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



... you," said the other, "to make a trial, notwithstanding: it can do one no harm to look at what is extraordinary with one's own eyes. I will lend you a volume or two; and you can not better spend your time than by casting everything aside, and retiring to the solitude of your old habitation, to look into the magic lantern of that unknown world. It is sinful of you to waste your ...
— The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to Prose, Vol. VIII (of X) - Continental Europe II. • Various
... the water in which his mistress had washed her hands. Later on he had his upper lip amputated because it displeased his lady-love, and on another occasion he cut off one of his fingers, had it set in gold and used as a clasp on a volume of his poems which he sent as ...
— The Evolution of Love • Emil Lucka
... these simple words, and vouchsafed to their speaker a more sympathetic attention. For the tones in which they were delivered possessed that deep, rich throat timbre which so often means power—personal magnetism—deep, from the chest, with vibrant throat tones suggesting a volume of sound which may in fact be only hinted by the loudness the man at the moment sees fit to employ. Such a voice is a responsive instrument on which emotion and mood play ...
— Conjuror's House - A Romance of the Free Forest • Stewart Edward White
... marked "Private" Mr. Cannon introduced Hilda straight into his own room; then shut the door on her. He held in one hand a large calf-bound volume, from which evidently he was expounding something to Mr. Karkeek. The contrast between the expensive informality of Mr. Cannon's new suit and the battered ceremoniousness of Mr. Karkeek's struck her just as much as the contrast between their demeanours; and she felt, vaguely, the oddness ...
— Hilda Lessways • Arnold Bennett
... were all lovers of their own voices, especially in the telling of tales. Stanton was the exception. Gloomy, often in ill-health, innocent of humor, he glowered when the others laughed. When the President, instead of proceeding at once to business, would pull out of his pocket the latest volume of Artemus Ward, the irate War Minister felt that the overthrow of the nation was impending. But in this respect, the President was incorrigible. He had been known to stop the line of his guests at a ...
— Lincoln • Nathaniel Wright Stephenson


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