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4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Fol'io \Fol'io\, v. t. To put a serial number on each folio or page of (a book); to page. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Folio \Fol"io\, n.; pl {Folios}. [Ablative of L. folium leaf. See 4th {Foil}.] 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 (four pages to the sheet); hence a book of the largest kind See Note under {Paper}. 4. (Print.) 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; (Bookkeeping) a page in an account book; sometimes two opposite pages bearing the same serial number. 6. (Law) 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 {Folio post}, a flat writing paper, usually 17 by 24 inches. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Fol'io \Fol'io\, a. Formed of sheets each folded once, making two leaves, or four pages; as a folio volume. See {Folio}, n., 3. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: folio n 1: the system of numbering pages [syn: {pagination}, {page number}] 2: a sheet of any written or printed material [syn: {leaf}]
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