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vol.

American  

abbreviation

  1. volcano.

  2. volume.

  3. volunteer.


vol. British  

abbreviation

  1. volcano

  2. volume

  3. volunteer

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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“We also released The Old Farmer’s Almanac for Kids, vol. 10,” the publisher advises Inside the Beltway.

From Washington Times • Oct. 24, 2023

The first published recipe for tomato ketchup was written in 1812 by Philadelphia scientist and horticulturalist James Mease in his “Archives of Useful Knowledge, vol. 2.”

From Salon • Jul. 29, 2018

Its chief author calls it simply "the female volume," and writes this "?vol.," using the scientist's universal symbol, the mirror of Venus, for the female.

From Time Magazine Archive

Hist. of Christianity, vol. ii. p. 306.416.Ibid. iii.

From History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 2 of 2) by Lecky, William Edward Hartpole

Hist. of Latin Christianity, vol. i. pp. 290-291.408.Ibid. vol. i. pp. 310-311.409.Milman,

From History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 2 of 2) by Lecky, William Edward Hartpole

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