Volume

['vɒljuːm] or ['vɑljum]

Definition

(noun.) the magnitude of sound (usually in a specified direction); 'the kids played their music at full volume'.

(noun.) 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'.

(noun.) the amount of 3-dimensional space occupied by an object; 'the gas expanded to twice its original volume'.

(noun.) a relative amount; 'mix one volume of the solution with ten volumes of water'.

Edited by Julius--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) A roll; a scroll; a written document rolled up for keeping or for use, after the manner of the ancients.

(n.) Hence, a collection of printed sheets bound together, whether containing a single work, or a part of a work, or more than one work; a book; a tome; especially, that part of an extended work which is bound up together in one cover; as, a work in four volumes.

(n.) Anything of a rounded or swelling form resembling a roll; a turn; a convolution; a coil.

(n.) Dimensions; compass; space occupied, as measured by cubic units, that is, cubic inches, feet, yards, etc.; mass; bulk; as, the volume of an elephant's body; a volume of gas.

(n.) Amount, fullness, quantity, or caliber of voice or tone.

Inputed by Frieda

Synonyms and Synonymous

n. [1]. Convolution, turn, contortion, whirl, fold, coil, roll, scroll.[2]. Book, tome.[3]. Dimensions, bulk, size, mass, compass, amplitude, CAPACITY.[4]. (Geom.) Solid contents.

Checker: Sumner

Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Size, body, bulk, dimensions, book, work, tome, capacity, magnitude, compass,quantity

ANT:diminutiveness, tenuity, minuteness, smallness

Checked by Archie

Definition

n. a roll or scroll which was the form of ancient books: a book whether complete in itself or part of a work: a rounded mass convolution: cubical content: a quantity: dimensions: fullness of voice.—v.i. to swell.—adj. Vol′umed having the form of a volume or roll: of volume or bulk.—ns. Volumenom′eter an instrument for measuring the volume of a solid body by the quantity of fluid it displaces; Vol′umēter an instrument for measuring the volumes of gases.—adjs. Volumet′ric -al.—adv. Volumet′rically.—adjs. Volū′minal pertaining to cubical content; Volū′minous consisting of many volumes or books or of many coils: of great bulk: having written much as an author: in many volumes capable of filling many volumes.—adv. Volū′minously.—ns. Volū′minousness Voluminos′ity; Vol′ūmist (rare) an author.—Volumetric analysis the analysis of a compound by determining the quantity of a standard solution required to satisfy a reaction in a known quantity of the compound.—Speak Tell volumes to mean much to be very significant.

Edited by Jonathan

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