volume
noun
[ ˈvɒljuːm ]
• a book forming part of a work or series.
• "a biography of George Bernard Shaw in three volumes"
• the amount of space that a substance or object occupies, or that is enclosed within a container.
• "the sewer could not cope with the volume of rainwater"
Similar:
capacity,
cubic measure,
size,
magnitude,
largeness,
bigness,
mass,
bulk,
extent,
extensiveness,
dimensions,
proportions,
measurements,
• quantity or power of sound; degree of loudness.
• "he turned the volume up on the radio"
Origin:
late Middle English (originally denoting a roll of parchment containing written matter): from Old French volum(e ), from Latin volumen, volumin- ‘a roll’, from volvere ‘to roll’. An obsolete meaning ‘size or extent (of a book)’ gave rise to volume (sense 2).
