Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - volume
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n. 1 a a set of sheets of paper, usu. printed, bound together and forming part or the whole of a work or comprising several works (issued in three volumes; a library of 12,000 volumes). b hist. a scroll of papyrus etc., an ancient form of book. 2 a solid content, bulk. b the space occupied by a gas or liquid. c (foll. by of) an amount or quantity (large volume of business). 3 a quantity or power of sound. b fullness of tone. 4 (foll. by of) a a moving mass of water etc. b (usu. in pl.) a wreath or coil or rounded mass of smoke etc. Derivatives volumed adj. (also in comb.). Etymology: ME f. OF volum(e) f. L volumen -minis roll f. volvere to roll
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I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin ~n roll, scroll, from volvere to roll Date: 14th century 1. a series of printed sheets bound typically in book form ; book, a series of issues of a periodical, album 1c, scroll 1a, the amount of space occupied by a three-dimensional object as measured in cubic units (as quarts or liters) ; cubic capacity, 4. a. amount, a considerable quantity, the amount of a substance occupying a particular ~, mass or the representation of mass in art or architecture, the degree of loudness or the intensity of a sound, see: bulk ~d adjective II. verb (~d; voluming) Date: 1815 transitive verb to send or give out in ~, intransitive verb to roll or rise in ~, III. adjective Date: circa 1945 involving large quantities ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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