| volume | |
| 1. n. 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. | |
| 2. n. Strength of sound; loudness. | |
| Please turn down the volume on the stereo. | |
| Volume can be measured in decibels. | |
| 3. n. 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. | |
| 4. n. A bound book. | |
| 5. n. A single book of a publication issued in multi-book format, such as an encyclopedia. | |
| The letter "G" was found in volume 4. | |
| 6. n. Quantity. | |
| The volume of ticket sales decreased this week. | |
| 7. n. (economics) The total supply of money in circulation or, less frequently, total amount of credit extended, within a specified national market or worldwide. | |
| 8. n. (computing) An accessible storage area with a single file system, typically resident on a single partition of a hard disk. | |
| 9. v. (intransitive) To be conveyed through the air, waft. | |
| 10. v. To cause to move through the air, waft. | |
