Volume
WordNet
noun
(1) Physical objects consisting of a number of pages bound together
"He used a large book as a doorstop"
(2) The magnitude of sound (usually in a specified direction)
"The kids played their music at full volume"
(3) The property of something that is great in magnitude
"It is cheaper to buy it in bulk"
"He received a mass of correspondence"
"The volume of exports"
(4) A publication that is one of a set of several similar publications
"The third volume was missing"
"He asked for the 1989 volume of the Annual Review"
(5) The amount of 3-dimensional space occupied by an object
"The gas expanded to twice its original volume"
(6) A relative amount
"Mix one volume of the solution with ten volumes of water"
WiktionaryText
Noun
- A unit of three dimensional measure of space that comprises a length, a width and a height. It is measured in units of cubic centimeters in metric, cubic inches or cubic feet in English measurement. (The room is 9x12x8, so its volume is 864 cubic feet.)
- Strength of sound. Measured in decibels. (Please turn down the volume on the stereo.)
- The issues of a periodical over a period of one year. (I looked at this week's copy of the magazine. It was volume 23, issue 45.)
- A single book of a publication issued in multi-book format, such as an encyclopedia. (The letter "G" was found in volume 4.)
- A synonym for quantity. (The volume of ticket sales decreased this week.)
- The total supply of money in circulation or, less frequently, total amount of credit extended, within a specified national market or worldwide.
- An accessible storage area with a single file system, typically resident on a single partition of a hard disk.
See also
cubic distance
- Customary: ounces, pints, quarts, gallons, cubic inches (in3), cubic feet, cubic yards, cubic miles
- Metric: mililiters, liters, cubic meters (m3), cubic centimeters ("cc") (cm3)
sound
Noun
- volume (quantity of space)
- volume (single book of a published work)