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tome [təʊm] n 1. (Communication Arts / Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) a large weighty book 2. (Communication Arts / Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) one of the several volumes of a work [from French, from Latin tomus section of larger work, from Greek tomos a slice, from temnein to cut; related to Latin tondēre to shear] tome - Comes from Greek tomos, "roll of papyrus," and was originally a word for one volume of a larger work. See also related terms for papyrus.
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