Look up: folio

1. folio
   Description of the size of a book: about 15 inches high (Fo).
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2. Folio
   Printer's technical term for what the rest of the world calls a page number.
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3. Folio
   A publication made up from printed sheets folded once only. The term has now become to mean any large book. see portfolio.
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4. folio
   [n] - a book (or manuscript) consisting of large sheets of paper folded in the middle to make two leaves or four pages
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5. Folio
   a sheet of parchment, folded in two or four before being sewn into a GATHERING.
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6. Folio
   See also OVERSIZE (392) A volume made up of sheets of paper folded once; a book of large size
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7. Folio
   Page number.
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8. folio
   The page number.
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9. Folio
   Fol'io noun ; plural Folios . [ Ablative of Latin 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...
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10. Folio
    Fol'io transitive verb To put a serial number on each folio or page of (a book); to page.
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11. Folio
    Fol'io adjective Formed of sheets each folded once, making two leaves, or four pages; as, a folio volume. See Folio , noun , 3.
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12. folio
    Origin: 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. The page number. The even fo...
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13. folio
    noun a book (or manuscript) consisting of large sheets of paper folded in the middle to make two leaves or four pages; `the first folio of Shakespeare`s plays`
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14. Folio
    • (n.) A sheet of paper once folded. • (n.) A leaf of a book or manuscript. • (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. • (n.) The page number...
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15. folio
    
    • the system of numbering pages
    • a sheet of any written or printed material (especially in a manuscript or book)
    • a book (or manuscript) consisting of large sheets of paper folded in the middle to make two leaves or four pages
    
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16. folio
    in traditional legal practice, a unit of quantity for the words in a legal document. In the U.S., a folio is 100 words; in Britain it is 72 or 90 words, depending on the type of document. In the days before mechanical copying, clerks were paid by the folio to copy legal documents. The word is from t...
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17. Folio
    Page number as it appears on a printed page.
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18. Folio
    Folio is a sheet of paper folded once to make two leaves of a book or manuscript, and hence the term is given to paper of a large size used for this purpose.
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19. Folio
    (typeface) `Folio` is a realist sans-serif typeface designed by Konrad Bauer and Walter Baum in 1957 for the Bauersche Gießerei (in English: Bauer foundry). Bauer licensed the design to Fonderie Typographique Francaise for sale in France under the name `Caravelle.` Like Helve...
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20. Folio
    (printing) A `folio` (abbreviated `fo` or `2°`) is a book or pamphlet made up of one or more full sheets of paper on which four pages of text are printed, which sheets are then folded once to produce two leaves. Each leaf of a folio book thus represents one half the size of the original sh...
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21. Folio
    (magazine) `Folio` is a literary magazine founded in 1985 and based at American University in Washington, D.C. It publishes fiction, poetry, and creative non-fiction twice each year. Folio is also known for interviews with prominent writers, most recently Ann Beattie, Alice Fult...
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