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volume (n.)

late 14c., "roll of parchment containing writing; a bound book," from Old French volume "scroll, book; work, volume; girth, size" (13c.) and directly from Latin volumen (genitive voluminis) "roll (of a manuscript); coil, wreath," literally "that which is rolled," from volvere "to turn around, roll," from PIE root *wel- (3) "to turn, revolve." Meaning "book forming part of a set" is 1520s in English, from that sense in French. Generalized sense of "bulk, mass, quantity" (1620s) developed from that of "bulk or size of a book" (1520s), again following the sense evolution in the French word.

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Definitions of volume from WordNet

volume (n.)
the amount of 3-dimensional space occupied by an object;
the gas expanded to twice its original volume
volume (n.)
the property of something that is great in magnitude;
the volume of exports
Synonyms: bulk / mass
volume (n.)
physical objects consisting of a number of pages bound together;
Synonyms: book
volume (n.)
a publication that is one of a set of several similar publications;
the third volume was missing
he asked for the 1989 volume of the Annual Review
volume (n.)
a relative amount;
mix one volume of the solution with ten volumes of water
volume (n.)
the magnitude of sound (usually in a specified direction);
the kids played their music at full volume
Synonyms: loudness / intensity
From wordnet.princeton.edu