How to Use volumetric in a Sentence

volumetric

adjective
  • The vessel is a volumetric void, defined by clay walls.
    Christopher Knight, latimes.com, 29 June 2019
  • These cameras combine to provide a volumetric view of the court.
    Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics, 3 Apr. 2017
  • The package would break out the current two-tier system of volumetric charges for customers into three tiers.
    Joseph Flaherty, Arkansas Online, 16 Dec. 2022
  • As steel rusts, there is a volumetric gain in dimension.
    Boston.com Real Estate, 12 Sep. 2019
  • And inside, the volumetric, spatial qualities are one of a kind.
    New York Times, 2 Aug. 2021
  • Even volumetric calculations, such as how much potting soil will your new planter require, can be achieved in a blink of an eye.
    Jay Samit, Fortune, 16 Aug. 2017
  • The models divide the ocean into a grid of 3D volumetric elements, and calculate the movement of the water between cubes for each time step the researchers choose.
    Conor Purcell, Scientific American, 13 Nov. 2019
  • The standard volumetric unit of natural gas is 1,000 cubic feet, or mcf.
    Brian Maffly, The Salt Lake Tribune, 30 Nov. 2021
  • The successor to that technique is known as volumetric capture.
    John Jurgensen, WSJ, 22 Dec. 2021
  • Calatrava gave the roof and walls a volumetric treatment so that there’s continuity between the static fixtures of the mountain in the background and the building in the foreground.
    Laura Jung, Harper's BAZAAR, 18 Dec. 2019
  • Hologram stylists work with people to prepare them for volumetric video capture.
    Cathy Hackl, Forbes, 9 May 2021
  • But the stacked vases are painterly: Two gray ones comically illustrated with a fish and a cat are shadowed and volumetric; the other, a warm yellow, cracks open to breathy black over pink.
    Cate McQuaid, BostonGlobe.com, 11 Apr. 2018
  • Avatar Dimension’s volumetric capture studio opened the doors to its permanent space in the Washington D.C. area.
    Cathy Hackl, Forbes, 21 June 2021
  • The high volumetric energy density of liquid tin would allow a relatively small pump to be used at a full-scale power plant.
    Megan Geuss, Ars Technica, 13 Oct. 2017
  • Of course, that only gives you single-pass removal efficiency, not volumetric airflow through the device.
    Adam Rogers, Wired, 6 Aug. 2020
  • The process of creating those volumetric objects is early and expensive.
    Joanna Stern, WSJ, 2 Mar. 2021
  • Instead of having quarantine-safe first dates on Skype, potential couples can date via volumetric video.
    Cathy Hackl, Forbes, 9 May 2021
  • In the 19th century, Heinrich Cotta instituted a rigorous system of strict volumetric analyses, so that landowners—and the state—would always know how much timber was on hand.
    National Geographic, 13 Jan. 2020
  • The new volumetric-display technique was reported in Nature on Wednesday.
    Sophie Bushwick, Scientific American, 13 Nov. 2019
  • While much of the festival has seen musicians doing fashion business as usual, in hot pink and volumetric shapes, Giveon sees the performance differently.
    Rachel Tashjian, Harper's BAZAAR, 19 Apr. 2022
  • Some will go to one-day-a-week watering, while others are sticking to volumetric allocations based on available supplies, officials said.
    Hayley Smith, Los Angeles Times, 1 June 2022
  • This could be a way the Metaverse will get to volumetric, photorealistic, real time rendered images sooner rather than later.
    Charlie Fink, Forbes, 11 Aug. 2022
  • The plan was designed to achieve at least a 35% reduction in water consumption, which can be done through volumetric allocations or one-day-a-week watering limitations.
    Hayley Smith, Los Angeles Times, 11 May 2022
  • Though guarded, there is something erotic and tender about her; her pleated bodice expands, opening her chest like an accordion, as wallpaper flowers become volumetric, lift off and dance.
    Lance Esplund, WSJ, 28 Mar. 2018
  • In under ten years, people will be able to experience a volumetric or holographic (3D visual) representation of a friend or family member in front of them.
    Cathy Hackl, Forbes, 9 May 2021
  • The plan was designed to achieve at least a 35% reduction in water consumption, shrinking usage to about 80 gallons per person per day, which can be done through volumetric allocations or one-day-a-week watering limitations.
    Hayley Smith, Los Angeles Times, 5 May 2022
  • Arcturus, a post-production and streaming volumetric video company, raised $5M.
    Charlie Fink, Forbes, 7 May 2021
  • Sony also promoted its volumetric capture studio solution, still in the prototype phase.
    Anshel Sag, Forbes, 9 June 2022
  • Mixed Reality Capture Studios or this now-shuttered volumetric capture stage from Intel.
    Lauren Goode, Wired, 18 May 2021
  • That this volumetric inflation has stimulated wine consumption—Dr Marteau’s second hypothesis—is hard to prove.
    The Economist, 20 Dec. 2017

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