Why do they use the same term for loudness of music and for space contained somehow? Is it because when I increase the volume of my speakers there's a bigger volume in which the sound can be heard or is it something else? more exotic, perhaps?
2006-10-02 18:26:16 · 5 answers · asked by Yankuta118 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
The word volume is from the Latin volumen, which is a roll or a scroll, from the verb volvere, to roll. In a more modern context, a book. Somehow that came to mean the quantity of something. The size of a library is often measured by the number of volumes (books). Once you get to that point, it can be the quantity of space or the quantity of sound.
2006-10-02 20:10:39 · answer #1 · answered by Frank N 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are lots of synonyms in all languages. Consider pressure, which has a physics meaning as well as a social meaning. The bottom line is that we can't possibly remember that many unique words, so we reuse them when there some vague similarity in definition.
2006-10-03 01:37:08 · answer #2 · answered by arbiter007 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
One can take 'volume' in the acoustic sense to mean 'amount of acoustic energy within a given volume of air'.
Hope that helps.
Doug
2006-10-03 01:34:13 · answer #3 · answered by doug_donaghue 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
volume of music is sound pressure and is expressed in decibel scale. (Log(sound presure) volume doubles approx for every 3dB increase.
2006-10-03 08:40:03 · answer #4 · answered by cmsrmt 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
there is a differance. one has to due with SPL or sound pessure level, the other (electrical) has to do with alogrithmic gain in power.
2006-10-03 03:17:14 · answer #5 · answered by aklchris2000 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋