Sentence examples for a unit of volume from inspiring English sources

(A hekat was a unit of volume, roughly 1.3 gallons).

Ton, as a unit of volume, may also refer to the cargo capacity of ships or to the freight itself.

That distinction may be lost on consumers, because motor fuel is sold by a unit of volume, the gallon, not a unit of energy.

The term is also a unit of volume measure, specifically 31 gallons of a fermented or distilled beverage, or 42 gallons of a petroleum product.

As a unit of volume, the fluid ounce is equal to 1/16of a pint, or 29.57 millilitres, in the U.S. Customary System and to 1/20of a pint, or 28.41 millilitres, in the British Imperial System.

The maximum electron volume density (number of electrons in a unit of volume) 3 m−3 is reached in the v2 layer near the subsolar point.

The most frequently applied and easiest method for electron microscopic morphometry is the so-called volumetric measurement, when we determine the volume of some components within a unit of test volume [ 1– 3].

Specific compliance (CRS/FRC; the elasticity of a unit of lung volume) increased in both groups, but apparently more rapidly in former BPD infants.

What amount of liquid is the recipe calling for? A. A wineglassful is not as vague as it sounds; it is an actual unit of volume, more commonly used in Britain than in the United States.

We examined the effect that changing LOS might have on our results using hospital admission as an alternative unit of volume.

According to this approach, "space is made of discrete atoms each of which carries a very tiny unit of volume".