[ˈvɒljuːm], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a book forming part of a work or series
(e.g: 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
(e.g: the sewer could not cope with the volume of rainwater)

- quantity or power of sound; degree of loudness
(e.g: he turned the volume up on the radio)


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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