Length vs. Volume
Lengthnoun
The distance measured along the longest dimension of an object.
Lengthnoun
duration
Lengthnoun
(horse racing) The length of a horse, used to indicate the distance between horses at the end of a race.
Lengthnoun
(mathematics) Distance between the two ends of a line segment.
Lengthnoun
(cricket) The distance down the pitch that the ball bounces on its way to the batsman.
Lengthnoun
(figuratively) Total extent.
Lengthnoun
Part of something that is long; a physical piece of something.
Lengthverb
(obsolete) To lengthen.
Lengthnoun
The longest, or longer, dimension of any object, in distinction from breadth or width; extent of anything from end to end; the longest line which can be drawn through a body, parallel to its sides; as, the length of a church, or of a ship; the length of a rope or line.
Lengthnoun
A portion of space or of time considered as measured by its length; - often in the plural.
Lengthnoun
The quality or state of being long, in space or time; extent; duration; as, some sea birds are remarkable for the length of their wings; he was tired by the length of the sermon, and the length of his walk.
Lengthnoun
A single piece or subdivision of a series, or of a number of long pieces which may be connected together; as, a length of pipe; a length of fence.
Lengthnoun
Detail or amplification; unfolding; continuance as, to pursue a subject to a great length.
Lengthnoun
Distance.
Lengthverb
To lengthen.
Lengthnoun
the linear extent in space from one end to the other; the longest horizontal dimension of something that is fixed in place;
Lengthnoun
continuance in time;
Lengthnoun
the property of being the extent of something from beginning to end;
Lengthnoun
size of the gap between two places;
Lengthnoun
a section of something that is long and narrow;
Lengthnoun
the measurement or extent of something from end to end; the greater of two or the greatest of three dimensions of an object
Lengthnoun
the quality of being long
Lengthnoun
the length of a swimming pool as a measure of the distance swum
Lengthnoun
the length of a horse, boat, etc., as a measure of the lead in a race
Lengthnoun
the extent of a garment in a vertical direction when worn
Lengthnoun
the full distance that a thing extends for
Lengthnoun
the full extent of one's body
Lengthnoun
the metrical quantity or duration of a vowel or syllable
Lengthnoun
the amount of time occupied by something
Lengthnoun
a piece or stretch of something
Lengthnoun
an extreme to which a course of action is taken
Lengthnoun
the distance from the batsman at which a well-bowled ball pitches
Lengthnoun
(in bridge or whist) the number of cards of a suit held in one's hand, especially when five or more
Length
Length is a measure of distance. In the International System of Quantities, length is a quantity with dimension distance.
Volumenoun
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.
Volumenoun
Strength of sound. Measured in decibels.
Volumenoun
The issues of a periodical over a period of one year.
Volumenoun
A bound book.
Volumenoun
A single book of a publication issued in multi-book format, such as an encyclopedia.
Volumenoun
Quantity.
Volumenoun
(economics) The total supply of money in circulation or, less frequently, total amount of credit extended, within a specified national market or worldwide.
Volumenoun
(computing) An accessible storage area with a single file system, typically resident on a single partition of a hard disk.
Volumeverb
(intransitive) To be conveyed through the air, waft.
Volumeverb
(transitive) To cause to move through the air, waft.
Volumenoun
A roll; a scroll; a written document rolled up for keeping or for use, after the manner of the ancients.
Volumenoun
Hence, a collection of printed sheets bound together, whether containing a single work, or a part of a work, or more than one work; a book; a tome; especially, that part of an extended work which is bound up together in one cover; as, a work in four volumes.
Volumenoun
Anything of a rounded or swelling form resembling a roll; a turn; a convolution; a coil.
Volumenoun
Dimensions; compass; space occupied, as measured by cubic units, that is, cubic inches, feet, yards, etc.; mass; bulk; as, the volume of an elephant's body; a volume of gas.
Volumenoun
Amount, fullness, quantity, or caliber of voice or tone.
Volumenoun
the amount of 3-dimensional space occupied by an object;
Volumenoun
the property of something that is great in magnitude;
Volumenoun
physical objects consisting of a number of pages bound together;
Volumenoun
a publication that is one of a set of several similar publications;
Volumenoun
a relative amount;
Volumenoun
the magnitude of sound (usually in a specified direction);
Volume
Volume is the quantity of three-dimensional space enclosed by a closed surface, for example, the space that a substance (solid, liquid, gas, or plasma) or 3D shape occupies or contains. Volume is often quantified numerically using the SI derived unit, the cubic metre.
