volume

Meanings

Noun

• 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.
• Strength of sound; loudness.
• The issues of a periodical over a period of one year.
• A bound book.
• A single book of a publication issued in multi-book format, such as an encyclopedia.
• A great amount (of meaning) about something.
• A roll or scroll, which was the form of ancient books.
• Quantity.
• A rounded mass or convolution.
• The total supply of money in circulation or, less frequently, total amount of credit extended, within a specified national market or worldwide.
• An accessible storage area with a single file system, typically resident on a single partition of a hard disk.

Verb

• To be conveyed through the air, waft.
• To cause to move through the air, waft.
• To swell.

Origin

• From Middle English volume, from Old French volume, from Latin volūmen, from volvō.