volume
/ˈvɑl.jum/ noun B1- 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.· The proper products can improve your hair's volume.
- Strength of sound: how loud it is. · Please turn down the volume on the stereo.· Volume can be measured in decibels.
- 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.
- A bound book.
- A single book of a publication issued in multi-book format, such as an encyclopedia. · The letter "G" was found in volume 4.
- A great amount (of meaning) about something.
- A roll or scroll, which was the form of ancient books.
- Quantity. · The volume of ticket sales decreased this week.
Plural volumes
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The captain pointed towards the island, up the side of which ascended a volume of smoke, increasing as it rose.
Had the volume been an unusual one, he would have sent it to me.
Even if I accepted the compliment for myself I could hardly name any volume which would be less likely to lie at the elbow of one of Moriarty’s associates.
Though reserved in its earlier vocabulary, it becomes, if I remember right, quite garrulous towards the end.” He picked the volume from his desk.
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