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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.

6 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈvɒl.juːm/Received-Pronunciation/ˈvɒl.jʊm/Received-Pronunciation/ˈvɔljʉwm/British, Southern, Standard/ˈvɑl.jum/US
  1. 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.

    countable · uncountable
    The room is 9×12×8, so its volume is 864 cubic feet.
    The proper products can improve your hair's volume.
  2. Strength of sound: how loud it is.

    countable · uncountable
    Please turn down the volume on the stereo.
    Volume can be measured in decibels.
  3. The issues of a periodical over a period of one year.

    countable · uncountable
    I looked at this week's copy of the magazine. It was volume 23, issue 45.
  4. A bound book.

    countable · uncountable
  5. A single book of a publication issued in multi-book format, such as an encyclopedia.

    countable · uncountable
    The letter "G" was found in volume 4.
  6. A great amount (of meaning) about something.

    broadly · countable · in-plural · uncountable
  7. A roll or scroll, which was the form of ancient books.

    countable · obsolete · uncountable
  8. Quantity.

    countable · uncountable
    The volume of ticket sales decreased this week.
  9. A rounded mass or convolution.

    countable · uncountable
  10. The total supply of money in circulation or, less frequently, total amount of credit extended, within a specified national market or worldwide.

    countable · uncountable
  11. An accessible storage area with a single file system, typically resident on a single partition of a hard disk.

    countable · uncountable
  12. The total of weight worked by a muscle in one training session, the weight of every single repetition summed up.

    countable · uncountable
  13. A modular foothold attached to a climbing wall used for gripping, often in triangular, pyramidal, or angular shapes.

    countable · uncountable
  14. The sum of the degrees of a set of vertices.

    countable · uncountable
  15. A green/blue-screen chromakey visual effects (“VFX”) sound stage surrounded by a multitude of filming cameras, to allow for virtual camera changes in post production, by filming the whole 3-D volume of a chromakey film set.

    countable · uncountable
  16. A sound stage film set that has walls of video monitors, substituting for an actual background, set structures, providing a changeable video matte painting. A set with a form of projected background, similar to legacy traditional rear projection and front projection sets.

    countable · uncountable
Where this word comes from

From Middle English volume, from Old French volume, from Latin volūmen (“book, roll”), from volvō (“roll, turn about”).

verb/ˈvɒl.juːm/Received-Pronunciation/ˈvɒl.jʊm/Received-Pronunciation/ˈvɔljʉwm/British, Southern, Standard/ˈvɑl.jum/US
  1. To be conveyed through the air, waft.

    intransitive
  2. To cause to move through the air, waft.

    transitive
  3. To swell.

    intransitive
Where this word comes from

From Middle English volume, from Old French volume, from Latin volūmen (“book, roll”), from volvō (“roll, turn about”).

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