Traffic volume has been idiomatic for a very long time, going back to shipping in the 16th century. Volume made a bit more literal sense when talking about wine or timber, but has faithfully …
A volume study is an ultrasound that helps your healthcare provider plan your cancer treatment. Information from the ultrasound about the size and shape of your prostate is used to …
Volume here is a measure of capacity (e.g. the volume of the bottle — or the volume of wine in the bottle — is 750 millilitres). The question (which has a helpful answer) is whether it can be …
For similar reasons, I find " light " (the opposite of " heavy ") and " spread out " (the opposite of " congested ", i.e. "smaller population per unit volume") unsatisfying. I would like a single, atomic word …
What is the convention for use of "volume" or "amount" in reference to ...
Single word for "less mass per unit volume" (the complement of "dense")