wolumen

Wolumen is a Polish noun meaning volume. It has several core senses. In everyday language it denotes the amount of space that a three-dimensional object occupies or can contain. In geometry and physics, volume is the measure of the space enclosed by a closed surface and is expressed in cubic units such as cubic meters (m^3) or liters (L). For regular shapes there are formulas (for a cube, volume = side^3; for a cylinder, volume = base area × height); for irregular objects volume can be determined by displacement or by integration.

In finance and economics, wolumen refers to trading volume—the total quantity of a security or derivative traded during a given period. This metric reflects liquidity and activity, and may be reported as number of shares or as monetary value, depending on the market.

In information technology, wolumen can denote a disk volume or logical volume: a defined storage area on a computer or networked system, usually shown as a drive or mount point. In everyday computer interfaces it may be used to indicate display loudness, though Polish usually uses głośność for sound volume.

Etymology: wolumen comes from Latin volumen, through Polish. See also volume (disambiguation).