FOLIO

Folio

The term "folio", from the Latin folium, has three interconnected but distinct meanings in the world of books and printing. It is firstly a term for a common method of arranging sheets of paper into book form, folding the sheet only once, and a term for a book made in this way. Secondly it is a general term for a sheet, leaf or page in manuscripts and old books, and thirdly an approximate term for the size of a book, and for a book of this size.

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folio

Noun

  1. A leaf of a book or manuscript.
  2. A sheet of paper once folded.
  3. A book made of sheets of paper each folded once (two leaves or four pages to the sheet); hence, a book of the largest kind, exceeding 30 cm in height.
  4. The page number. The even folios are on the left-hand pages and the odd folios on the right-hand.
  5. A page of a book.
  6. a page in an account book; sometimes, two opposite pages bearing the same serial number.
  7. 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.

Verb

  1. To put a serial number on each folio or page of (a book); to page.


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