volume
A 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.
Example
“The room is 9×12×8, so its volume is 864 cubic feet.”
Other meanings
Strength of sound: how loud it is.
“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.”
Related words
- volume defect
- alcohol by volume
- atomic volume
- blood volume
- fractional volume
- Hubble volume
- Local Volume
- lung volume
- molar volume
- molecular volume
- Planck volume
- pressure volume diagram
Example sentences
Word history
From Latin "volūmen" (book, roll).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “volume” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.