n. [ F., from L. volumen a roll of writing, a book, volume, from volvere, volutum, to roll. See Voluble. ] 1. A roll; a scroll; a written document rolled up for keeping or for use, after the manner of the ancients. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The papyrus, and afterward the parchment, was joined together [ by the ancients ] to form one sheet, and then rolled upon a staff into a volume (volumen). Encyc. Brit. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Hence, a collection of printed sheets bound together, whether containing a single work, or a part of a work, or more than one work; a book; a tome; especially, that part of an extended work which is bound up together in one cover; as, a work in four volumes. [ 1913 Webster ]

An odd volume of a set of books bears not the value of its proportion to the set. Franklin. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Anything of a rounded or swelling form resembling a roll; a turn; a convolution; a coil. [ 1913 Webster ]

So glides some trodden serpent on the grass,
And long behind wounded volume trails. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

Undulating billows rolling their silver volumes. W. Irving. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Dimensions; compass; space occupied, as measured by cubic units, that is, cubic inches, feet, yards, etc.; mass; bulk; as, the volume of an elephant's body; a volume of gas. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. (Mus.) Amount, fullness, quantity, or caliber of voice or tone. [ 1913 Webster ]

Atomic volume,
Molecular volume (Chem.), the ratio of the atomic and molecular weights divided respectively by the specific gravity of the substance in question. --
Specific volume (Physics & Chem.), the quotient obtained by dividing unity by the specific gravity; the reciprocal of the specific gravity. It is equal (when the specific gravity is referred to water at 4° C. as a standard) to the number of cubic centimeters occupied by one gram of the substance. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Having the form of a volume, or roil; as, volumed mist. [ 1913 Webster ]

The distant torrent's rushing sound
Tells where the volumed cataract doth roll. Byron. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Having volume, or bulk; massive; great. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. volumen volume + -meter. ] (Physics) An instrument for measuring the volume of a body, especially a solid, by means of the difference in tension caused by its presence and absence in a confined portion of air. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem. & Physics) The method or process of measuring volumes by means of the volumenometer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Volume + -scope. ] (Physics) An instrument consisting essentially of a glass tube provided with a graduated scale, for exhibiting to the eye the changes of volume of a gas or gaseous mixture resulting from chemical action, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. volumètre. See Volumetric. ] (Physics) An instrument for measuring the volumes of gases or liquids by introducing them into a vessel of known capacity. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Volume + -metric. ] Of or pertaining to the measurement of volume. [ 1913 Webster ]

Volumetric analysis (Chem.), that system of the quantitative analysis of solutions which employs definite volumes of standardized solutions of reagents, as measured by burettes, pipettes, etc.; also, the analysis of gases by volume, as by the eudiometer. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Volumetric. -- Vol`u*met"ric*al*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

a. [ L. voluminosus: cf. F. volumineux. ] Of or pertaining to volume or volumes. Specifically: -- [ 1913 Webster ]

(a) Consisting of many folds, coils, or convolutions. [ 1913 Webster ]

But ended foul in many a scaly fold,
Voluminous and vast. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Over which dusky draperies are hanging, and voluminous curtains have long since fallen. De Quincey. [ 1913 Webster ]

(b) Of great volume, or bulk; large. B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

(c) Consisting of many volumes or books; as, the collections of Muratori are voluminous. [ 1913 Webster ]

(d) Having written much, or produced many volumes; copious; diffuse; as, a voluminous writer. [ 1913 Webster ]

-- Vo*lu"mi*nous*ly, adv. -- Vo*lu"mi*nous*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who writes a volume; an author. [ Obs. ] Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]