volume
/ˈvɒl.juːm/
Dictionary
noun
- 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.
"The room is 9x12x8, so its volume is 864 cubic feet."
- Strength of sound; loudness.
"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 bound book.
- A single book of a publication issued in multi-book format, such as an encyclopedia.
"The letter "G" was found in volume 4."
- A roll or scroll, which was the form of ancient books.
- Quantity.
"The volume of ticket sales decreased this week."
- A rounded mass or convolution.
- 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.
verb
- To be conveyed through the air, waft.
- To cause to move through the air, waft.
- To swell.
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