Definitions for volume

Definitions for (noun) volume

Main entry: book, volume

Definition: physical objects consisting of a number of pages bound together

Usage: he used a large book as a doorstop


Main entry: intensity, volume, loudness

Definition: the magnitude of sound (usually in a specified direction)

Usage: the kids played their music at full volume


Main entry: volume, mass, bulk

Definition: the property of something that is great in magnitude

Usage: it is cheaper to buy it in bulk; he received a mass of correspondence; the volume of exports


Main entry: volume

Definition: a publication that is one of a set of several similar publications

Usage: the third volume was missing; he asked for the 1989 volume of the Annual Review


Main entry: volume

Definition: the amount of 3-dimensional space occupied by an object

Usage: the gas expanded to twice its original volume


Main entry: volume

Definition: a relative amount

Usage: mix one volume of the solution with ten volumes of water


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