"folio" Definition

Definitions for the word "folio" from multiple English dictionaries.

1. n.
A leaf of a book or manuscript.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
2. n.
A sheet of paper once folded.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
3. n.
A book made of sheets of paper each folded once (four pages to the sheet); hence, a book of the largest kind. See Note under Paper.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
4. n.
The page number. The even folios are on the left-hand pages and the odd folios on the right-hand.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
5. n.
A page of a book; (Bookkeeping) a page in an account book; sometimes, two opposite pages bearing the same serial number.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
6. n.
A leaf containing a certain number of words, hence, a certain number of words in a writing, as in England, in law proceedings 72, and in chancery, 90; in New York, 100 words.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
7. n.
(pl. -s) 1 leaf of paper etc., esp. Numbered only on the front. 2 sheet of paper folded once making two leaves of a book. 3 book of such sheets. adj. (of a book) made of folios, of the largest size. in folio made of folios. [latin, ablative of folium leaf]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884

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