Volume

English Meaning

A roll; a scroll; a written document rolled up for keeping or for use, after the manner of the ancients.

1. A collection of written or printed sheets bound together; a book.
2. One of the books of a work printed and bound in more than one book.
3. A series of issues of a periodical, usually covering one calendar year.
4. A unit of written material assembled together and cataloged in a library.
5. A roll of parchment; a scroll.
6. The amount of space occupied by a three-dimensional object or region of space, expressed in cubic units.
7. The capacity of such a region or of a specified container, expressed in cubic units.
8. Amount; quantity: a low volume of business; a considerable volume of lumber.
9. A large amount. Often used in the plural: volumes of praise.
10. The amplitude or loudness of a sound.
11. A control, as on a radio, for adjusting amplitude or loudness.