Definition:Volume

Definition
Volume is the measure of the extent of a body.

It has three dimensions and is specified in units of length cubed.

Hence the term cube as a general vague term for a quantity in three dimensions.

It is a scalar quantity.

Also known as
The term capacity can sometimes be seen in older texts pitched at elementary school level.

In non-mathematical literature and popular puzzle pages, less precise terms can be seen, for example cubical contents.