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folio.

Noun
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MEANING

1. A leaf in a book or manuscript, consisting of two pages.

2. A book format traditionally made by folding each printing sheet once.

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  • numbered folio
  • manuscript folio

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The stain crossed an entire folio.
She turned the numbered folio carefully.

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Usage notes

Primary category: gothic. Forms: Singular folio; plural folios. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.

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