How to Use volumetric in a Sentence
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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 -
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 -
This approach is easier and cheaper for attackers than generating the traffic needed for large-scale volumetric attacks using a botnet—the platforms typically used to power DDoS assaults.
— Lily Hay Newman, WIRED, 12 Mar. 2018
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