folio : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: folio	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for folio
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
folio n the system of numbering pages [syn: pagination, folio, page number, paging] a sheet of any written or printed material (especially in a manuscript or book) Synonym(s): leaf, folio 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"
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]:
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 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.