'''Volume''' is how much [[three]]-[[dimensional]] [[space]] a substance ([[solid]], [[liquid]], [[gas]], or [[plasma]]) or shape occupies, often quantified [[numerically]] using the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SI_derived_unit SI derived unit], the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cubic_metre cubic metre]. The volume of a container is generally [[understood]] to be the capacity of the container, i. e. the amount of [[fluid]] ([[gas]] or [[liquid]]) that the container could hold, rather than the amount of [[space]] the container itself displaces. | '''Volume''' is how much [[three]]-[[dimensional]] [[space]] a substance ([[solid]], [[liquid]], [[gas]], or [[plasma]]) or shape occupies, often quantified [[numerically]] using the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SI_derived_unit SI derived unit], the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cubic_metre cubic metre]. The volume of a container is generally [[understood]] to be the capacity of the container, i. e. the amount of [[fluid]] ([[gas]] or [[liquid]]) that the container could hold, rather than the amount of [[space]] the container itself displaces. |