volume
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- noun
- /ˈvɑːl.juːm/
- Specialized
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volumen
- The volume of the box can be found by multiplying its length, width, and height.
- lung volume
- total volume
- volume in mL
You want to do it by mass or by volume or by length.
- You want to do it by mass or by volume or by length.
- Rho means the amount of mass per unit volume, mass per volume.
- As a consequence, the rate of blood flow through that larger heart volume slows down.
Examples
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The shelves can vary in height to accommodate the larger volumes our client had been stacking on the floor.
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And they've asked us to find the volume created by that revolution.
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So the mass per unit volume is itself a field.
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You want to do it by mass or by volume or by length.
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And then we have to find the volume of the resulting solid.
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Let's have a look at the volume that has just been created.
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And that's how you can find the volume of that space.
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Multiply the two together to get a volume of ocean water.
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The most reliable sources place the volume at approximately 328 million cubic miles.
Academic text (2017) -
The building currently provides shelf space for 1.4 million volumes and seating capacity for 1,300 people.
Academic text (2012)
Synonyms
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The maximum amount something can hold or store
A measured space inside something used for shipping or storage
Compounds
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The total amount of money from sales or trades in US dollars over a period
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A process in which the space a gas takes stays the same while pressure or temperature change
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A bomb that spreads fuel into the air and then sets it on fire to make a very large explosion
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A unit used to measure how much space something takes, like a cup or liter
Surface Forms
Etymology
Volume comes from the Latin volumen, from volvere 'to roll', where a rolled book later gave the idea of an 'amount' or 'bulk'. That's why volume now means the 'amount of space' something takes — its size or capacity.