VOLUME

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does volume mean? 

• VOLUME (noun)
  The noun VOLUME has 6 senses:

1. the amount of 3-dimensional space occupied by an object

2. the property of something that is great in magnitude

3. physical objects consisting of a number of pages bound together

4. a publication that is one of a set of several similar publications

5. a relative amount

6. the magnitude of sound (usually in a specified direction)

  Familiarity information: VOLUME used as a noun is common.

 Dictionary entry details 

• VOLUME (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The amount of 3-dimensional space occupied by an object

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Context example:

the gas expanded to twice its original volume

Hypernyms ("volume" is a kind of...):

amount; measure; quantity (how much there is or how many there are of something that you can quantify)

Meronyms (parts of "volume"):

capacity measure; capacity unit; cubage unit; cubature unit; cubic content unit; cubic measure; displacement unit; volume unit (a unit of measurement of volume or capacity)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "volume"):

capacity; content (the amount that can be contained)

Derivation:

voluminous (large in volume or bulk)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The property of something that is great in magnitude

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

bulk; mass; volume

Context example:

the volume of exports

Hypernyms ("volume" is a kind of...):

magnitude (the property of relative size or extent (whether large or small))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "volume"):

dollar volume; turnover (the volume measured in dollars)

Derivation:

voluminous (large in volume or bulk)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Physical objects consisting of a number of pages bound together

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

book; volume

Context example:

he used a large book as a doorstop

Hypernyms ("volume" is a kind of...):

product; production (an artifact that has been created by someone or some process)

Meronyms (parts of "volume"):

back; binding; book binding; cover (the protective covering on the front, back, and spine of a book)

backbone; spine (the part of a book's cover that encloses the inner side of the book's pages and that faces outward when the book is shelved)

fore edge; foredge (the part of a book that faces inward when the book is shelved; the part opposite the spine)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "volume"):

album (a book of blank pages with pockets or envelopes; for organizing photographs or stamp collections etc)

coffee-table book (an elaborate oversize book suitable for displaying on a coffee table)

folio (a book (or manuscript) consisting of large sheets of paper folded in the middle to make two leaves or four pages)

hardback; hardcover (a book with cardboard or cloth or leather covers)

journal (a record book as a physical object)

novel (a printed and bound book that is an extended work of fiction)

order book (a book in which customers' orders are entered; usually makes multiple copies of the order)

paper-back book; paperback; paperback book; soft-cover; soft-cover book; softback; softback book (a book with paper covers)

picture book (a book consisting chiefly of pictures)

sketch block; sketch pad; sketchbook (a book containing sheets of paper on which sketches can be drawn)

notebook (a book with blank pages for recording notes or memoranda)

Sense 4

Meaning:

A publication that is one of a set of several similar publications

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Context example:

he asked for the 1989 volume of the Annual Review

Hypernyms ("volume" is a kind of...):

publication (a copy of a printed work offered for distribution)

Holonyms ("volume" is a member of...):

set (a group of things of the same kind that belong together and are so used)

Sense 5

Meaning:

A relative amount

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Context example:

mix one volume of the solution with ten volumes of water

Hypernyms ("volume" is a kind of...):

amount; measure; quantity (how much there is or how many there are of something that you can quantify)

Sense 6

Meaning:

The magnitude of sound (usually in a specified direction)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

intensity; loudness; volume

Context example:

the kids played their music at full volume

Hypernyms ("volume" is a kind of...):

sound property (an attribute of sound)

Attribute:

loud (characterized by or producing sound of great volume or intensity)

soft ((of sound) relatively low in volume)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "volume"):

crescendo ((music) a gradual increase in loudness)

 Context examples 

I read it, as I had read the other volumes which had fallen into my hands, as a true history.

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

Any agent that is able to increase blood volume and/or increase the oxygen transport in the blood.

(Blood Substitute, NCI Thesaurus)

One ppbv means that if you take a volume of air on Mars, one billionth of the volume of air is methane.

(Curiosity Detects Unusually High Methane Levels, NASA)

A unit of cell concentration expressed as a number of cells in billions per unit volume equal to one liter.

(Billion Cells per Liter, NCI Thesaurus)

There is the first volume of it in that press.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

It is characterized by an abnormal reduction in the muscle volume and atrophy.

(Atrophic Muscular Disorder, NCI Thesaurus)

The number of lymphocytes found in a given volume of blood.

(Absolute Blood Lymphocyte Count, NCI Thesaurus)

The six-month-old babies who later went on to a diagnosis of autism had an average of 18% more CSF by volume than those who were not so diagnosed.

(Scientists say excess cerebrospinal fluid may serve as early sign of autism, Wikinews)

He was in the books himself, adventuring through the printed pages of bound volumes.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

How does Lord Macartney go on? —opening a volume on the table and then taking up some others.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)