multivolume
- adjective
- /ˌmʌltiˈvɑːljum/
- He was just completing his multivolume work on Science and Civilisation in China (1954-1988).
- multivolume work
Examples
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The result, The Sculpture of Palenque, is a multivolume work that minutely examines Palenque's most important structures.
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The success of the choral movement inspired the Permanent Presidential Music Commission to commission a multivolume anthology compiled with the intention of providing a bigger repertoire of songs for schools and music clubs and stimulating more research and documentation of music and dance.
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"Among DIWPA's valuable contributions so far is a multivolume set of protocols for assessing biodiversity.
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The US is, as Richard Slotkin phrased it in his multivolume study of frontier imagery, a "gunfighter nation."
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How will all this get explained in the next heavyweight installment of Kevin Starr's more-admired-than-read multivolume history of California?
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One lab maintains the National Nutrient Databank, which is published in a multivolume USDA Agriculture Handbook. "Composition of Foods -- Raw, Processed, Prepared," commonly known as Handbook 8.
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Doran brings Lonergan into conversation with Wolfhart Pannenberg by contrasting Lonergan's emphasis with Pannenberg's methodological procedures in his multivolume Systematic Theology.
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This multivolume series covers the entire history of ancient Rome, with each volume focusing on a different period.
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The library has an impressive collection of multivolume encyclopedias that provide detailed information on various subjects.
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He spent years compiling his multivolume work, which explores the evolution of modern literature through multiple genres.
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Etymology
The word multivolume comes from multi- 'many' and volume 'book', and volume once meant a 'roll' of writing. So a multivolume work is something published in 'many books' rather than just one.