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Driver Volume: The amount of enclosure airspace that is displaced by the speaker itself.

Standard Molar Volume: The volume of 1 mole of an ideal gas at STP, equal to 22.414 liters.

Swept Volume: The volume displaced by a piston’s travel.

Specific Volume Anomaly, Or Steric Anomaly: The excess in specific volume over the standard specific volume at 35 ‰, 0°C, and the given pressure. See thermosteric anomaly and specific volume.

Sample Volume: The volume in which the radar data for one range bin are measured. Defined by the width of the radar beam (app. 1°) and half the length of the transmitted pulse. 1 µs pulses are 150 m deep, . . . View Full Definition

Specific Volume: The volume of a unit mass of substance. For example, the specific volume of water at 4°C is 1.00000 ml/g. Specific volume is the reciprocal of density.

Total Volume: Total sales and other revenue for the period shown. Known as 'turnover' in the U.K.

Virtual Device Driver (VDD): In Windows systems, a special type of device driver that has direct access to the operating system kernel. This allows them to interact with system and hardware resources at a very low level . . . View Full Definition

Volume Discount: A note appearing on the consolidated tape when the tape is running behind under heavy trading, meaning that only the stock symbol and price will be shown for trades under 5000 shares.

Volume Percentage: Volume percentages express the concentration of a component in a mixture or an element in a compound. For example, 95% ethanol by volume contains 95 ml of ethanol in 100 ml of solution (NOT . . . View Full Definition