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volume
noun
how
loud
a
sound
is
•
Could
you
turn
down
the
volume
?
The
baby
is
sleeping
.
Could
you
turn
down
the
volume
?
The
baby
is
sleeping
.
•
She
raised
the
volume
on
her
headphones
when
her
favorite
song
started
.
She
raised
the
volume
on
her
headphones
when
her
favorite
song
started
.
Extension
of
the
idea
of
‘
size
’
to
the
‘
size
’
of
sound
waves
in
the
late
19th
century
.
noun
one
book
in
a
series
or
set
•
I
finally
found
the
second
volume
of
the
fantasy
trilogy
at
the
library
.
I
finally
found
the
second
volume
of
the
fantasy
trilogy
at
the
library
.
•
The
encyclopedia
comes
in
twenty
volumes
lined
up
on
the
shelf
.
The
encyclopedia
comes
in
twenty
volumes
lined
up
on
the
shelf
.
From
the
earlier
meaning
‘
scroll
,
book
’;
printers
in
the
16th
century
began
numbering
separate
books
in
a
set
as
‘
Volume
I
,
II
,
III
’.
noun
the
amount
of
space
that
something
occupies
or
that
a
container
can
hold
,
measured
in
cubic
units
•
The
science
teacher
showed
that
the
volume
of
the
metal
block
was
exactly
250
cubic
centimeters
.
The
science
teacher
showed
that
the
volume
of
the
metal
block
was
exactly
250
cubic
centimeters
.
•
The
carpenter
calculated
the
volume
of
the
wooden
box
before
cutting
the
panels
.
The
carpenter
calculated
the
volume
of
the
wooden
box
before
cutting
the
panels
.
From
Latin
volumen
‘
roll
,
something
rolled
up
’,
later
‘
book
’,
then
broadened
to
mean
‘
bulk
,
size
’
and
finally
‘
amount
of
space
’.