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volume | applauseometer |

As nouns the difference between volume and applauseometer

is that volume is a unit of 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 while applauseometer is (informal|us) a device of dubious accuracy used to measure the volume of an audience’s applause.

volume

English

(wikipedia volume)

Alternative forms

* (abbreviation)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A unit of 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. Measured in decibels.
  • The issues of a periodical over a period of one year.
  • A book.
  • *
    • , title=(The Celebrity), chapter=1 , passage=However, with the dainty volume my quondam friend sprang into fame. At the same time he cast off the chrysalis of a commonplace existence.}}
  • A single book of a publication issued in multi-book format, such as an encyclopedia.
  • Quantity.
  • (economics) The total supply of money in circulation or, less frequently, total amount of credit extended, within a specified national market or worldwide.
  • (computing) An accessible storage area with a single file system, typically resident on a single partition of a hard disk.

    • See also

    * book * tome ; cubic distance * Customary: ounces, pints, quarts, gallons, cubic inches (in3), cubic feet, cubic yards, cubic miles * Metric: mililiters, liters, cubic meters (m3), cubic centimeters ("cc") (cm3) ; sound * Universal: bels, decibels * Metric: millipascals (mPa)

    Derived terms

    * voluminous

    applauseometer

    English

    Alternative forms

    * applausometer

    Noun

  • (informal, US) A device of dubious accuracy used to measure the volume of an audience’s applause.
  • * 1989 , Nov.–Dec., , volume 78, ? 2, page 24
    • Its four-color animation board has message capabilities, angled lenses for easy daytime viewing, and an applauseometer , which measures the crowd’s Longhorn-cheering levels.
  • * 2000 : Marshal Scott Younger, The Great Kidsboro Takeover , page 93 (Review and Herald Publishing Association; ISBN 0828014272, 9780828014274)
    • Again, there was scattered applause. I looked into the crowd at Nelson. He told me he was bringing a new invention — an applauseometer — to the debate.
  • * 2001 : Stanley Marcus, Quest for the Best , page 27] ([http://web3.unt.edu/untpress/catalog/detail.cfm?ID=227 University of North Texas Press; ISBN 1574411373, 9781574411379)
    • Is the best measurable? If so, by what kind of instrumentation? Certainly not by an “applauseometer ,” as used to record the volume of applause on the “Major Bowes Amateur Night Talent” shows during the heyday of radio. I know of no universal empirical devices, but I do believe that the best is discernible to the observant eye.

    Synonyms

    * clapometer