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体積 (たいせき) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

体たい積せき

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Common wordJLPTN2Freq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

1

noun

volume; capacity

Refers to the three-dimensional space occupied by an object or substance, commonly used in mathematics, physics, and everyday measurement.

この箱はこの体たい積せきを計けい算さんしてください。
Please calculate the volume of this box.
気き体たいの体たい積せきは温おん度

ど

に

よっ

て

変か

わる

。

The volume of a gas changes with temperature.

Kanji

体body, substance, object
積volume, product (x*y), acreage

Similar words

容よう積せき
容積 also means 'volume' or 'capacity', but is more often used for containers and storage capacity, while 体積 is the general scientific term for volume.
面めん積せき
面積 means 'area' (two-dimensional), whereas 体積 means 'volume' (three-dimensional).

Etymology

Compound of 体 (body, substance) and 積 (accumulation, product), referring to the measure of three-dimensional space.