diff --git a/packages/core/src/core.ts b/packages/core/src/core.ts
index 57c86d498..02accb299 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/core.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/core.ts
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ export {
 	Logger,
 	MathUtils,
 	Verbosity,
+	getBounds,
 	bounds,
 	uuid,
 } from './utils';
diff --git a/packages/core/src/utils/bounds.ts b/packages/core/src/utils/get-bounds.ts
similarity index 91%
rename from packages/core/src/utils/bounds.ts
rename to packages/core/src/utils/get-bounds.ts
index 12b0cbeeb..fd23fe000 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/utils/bounds.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/utils/get-bounds.ts
@@ -8,10 +8,10 @@ import type { Mesh, Node, Scene } from '../properties';
  * Example:
  *
  * ```ts
- * const {min, max} = bounds(scene);
+ * const {min, max} = getBounds(scene);
  * ```
  */
-export function bounds(node: Node | Scene): bbox {
+export function getBounds(node: Node | Scene): bbox {
 	const resultBounds = createBounds();
 	const parents = node.propertyType === PropertyType.NODE ? [node] : node.listChildren();
 
@@ -30,6 +30,12 @@ export function bounds(node: Node | Scene): bbox {
 	return resultBounds;
 }
 
+/**
+ * @deprecated Renamed to {@link getBounds}.
+ * @hidden
+ */
+export const bounds = getBounds;
+
 /** Computes mesh bounds in local space. */
 function getMeshBounds(mesh: Mesh, worldMatrix: mat4): bbox {
 	const meshBounds = createBounds();
diff --git a/packages/core/src/utils/index.ts b/packages/core/src/utils/index.ts
index a9a5de9fa..1649de37f 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/utils/index.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/utils/index.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-export * from './bounds';
+export * from './get-bounds';
 export * from './buffer-utils';
 export * from './color-utils';
 export * from './file-utils';
diff --git a/packages/core/test/utils/bounds.test.ts b/packages/core/test/utils/get-bounds.test.ts
similarity index 83%
rename from packages/core/test/utils/bounds.test.ts
rename to packages/core/test/utils/get-bounds.test.ts
index 51cef91d8..5e618c204 100644
--- a/packages/core/test/utils/bounds.test.ts
+++ b/packages/core/test/utils/get-bounds.test.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 import test from 'tape';
 import { Accessor, Document } from '@gltf-transform/core';
-import { bounds } from '@gltf-transform/core';
+import { getBounds } from '@gltf-transform/core';
 
-test('@gltf-transform/functions::bounds', (t) => {
+test('@gltf-transform/functions::getBounds', (t) => {
 	const doc = new Document();
 	const position = doc
 		.createAccessor()
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ test('@gltf-transform/functions::bounds', (t) => {
 	const scene = doc.createScene().addChild(node);
 
 	t.deepEquals(
-		bounds(scene),
+		getBounds(scene),
 		{
 			min: [100, 100, 100],
 			max: [105, 105, 105],
diff --git a/packages/extensions/src/khr-draco-mesh-compression/draco-mesh-compression.ts b/packages/extensions/src/khr-draco-mesh-compression/draco-mesh-compression.ts
index fb4d1107d..58193b28f 100644
--- a/packages/extensions/src/khr-draco-mesh-compression/draco-mesh-compression.ts
+++ b/packages/extensions/src/khr-draco-mesh-compression/draco-mesh-compression.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import {
 	Accessor,
 	bbox,
-	bounds,
+	getBounds,
 	BufferUtils,
 	Document,
 	Extension,
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ export class DracoMeshCompression extends Extension {
 			if (this.document.getRoot().listScenes().length !== 1) {
 				logger.warn(`[${NAME}]: quantizationVolume=scene requires exactly 1 scene.`);
 			} else {
-				quantizationVolume = bounds(this.document.getRoot().listScenes().pop()!);
+				quantizationVolume = getBounds(this.document.getRoot().listScenes().pop()!);
 			}
 		}
 
diff --git a/packages/extensions/test/draco-mesh-compression.test.ts b/packages/extensions/test/draco-mesh-compression.test.ts
index 9db59d858..33f278794 100644
--- a/packages/extensions/test/draco-mesh-compression.test.ts
+++ b/packages/extensions/test/draco-mesh-compression.test.ts
@@ -3,8 +3,7 @@ require('source-map-support').install();
 import path from 'path';
 import { createDecoderModule, createEncoderModule } from 'draco3dgltf';
 import test from 'tape';
-import { Accessor, Buffer, Document, Format, NodeIO, Primitive } from '@gltf-transform/core';
-import { bounds } from '@gltf-transform/functions';
+import { Accessor, Buffer, Document, Format, NodeIO, Primitive, getBounds } from '@gltf-transform/core';
 import { DracoMeshCompression } from '../';
 
 const throwsAsync = async (t: test.Test, fn: () => Promise<unknown>, re: RegExp, msg: string): Promise<void> => {
@@ -19,7 +18,7 @@ const throwsAsync = async (t: test.Test, fn: () => Promise<unknown>, re: RegExp,
 test('@gltf-transform/extensions::draco-mesh-compression | decoding', async (t) => {
 	const io = await createDecoderIO();
 	const doc = await io.read(path.join(__dirname, 'in', 'BoxDraco.gltf'));
-	const bbox = bounds(doc.getRoot().listScenes()[0]);
+	const bbox = getBounds(doc.getRoot().listScenes()[0]);
 	t.deepEquals(
 		bbox.min.map((v) => +v.toFixed(3)),
 		[-0.5, -0.5, -0.5],
@@ -123,7 +122,7 @@ test('@gltf-transform/extensions::draco-mesh-compression | encoding complete', a
 	io = await createDecoderIO();
 	const roundtripDoc = await io.readJSON(jsonDoc);
 	const roundtripNode = roundtripDoc.getRoot().listNodes()[0];
-	const bbox = bounds(roundtripNode);
+	const bbox = getBounds(roundtripNode);
 	t.deepEquals(
 		bbox.min.map((v) => +v.toFixed(3)),
 		[0, -1, -1],
diff --git a/packages/extensions/test/meshopt-compression.test.ts b/packages/extensions/test/meshopt-compression.test.ts
index 5704fcf19..357d0f9d5 100644
--- a/packages/extensions/test/meshopt-compression.test.ts
+++ b/packages/extensions/test/meshopt-compression.test.ts
@@ -2,8 +2,7 @@ require('source-map-support').install();
 
 import path from 'path';
 import test from 'tape';
-import { NodeIO } from '@gltf-transform/core';
-import { bounds } from '@gltf-transform/functions';
+import { NodeIO, getBounds } from '@gltf-transform/core';
 import { MeshoptCompression, MeshQuantization } from '../';
 import { MeshoptDecoder, MeshoptEncoder } from 'meshoptimizer';
 
@@ -18,7 +17,7 @@ test('@gltf-transform/extensions::draco-mesh-compression | decoding', async (t)
 
 	for (const input of INPUTS) {
 		const doc = await io.read(path.join(__dirname, 'in', input));
-		const bbox = bounds(doc.getRoot().listScenes()[0]);
+		const bbox = getBounds(doc.getRoot().listScenes()[0]);
 		t.deepEquals(
 			bbox.min.map((v) => +v.toFixed(3)),
 			[-0.5, -0.5, -0.5],
@@ -50,7 +49,7 @@ test('@gltf-transform/extensions::draco-mesh-compression | encoding', async (t)
 		.getRoot()
 		.listExtensionsRequired()
 		.map((ext) => ext.extensionName);
-	const bbox = bounds(doc.getRoot().listScenes()[0]);
+	const bbox = getBounds(doc.getRoot().listScenes()[0]);
 
 	t.ok(extensionsRequired.includes('EXT_meshopt_compression'), 'retains EXT_meshopt_compression');
 	t.deepEquals(
diff --git a/packages/functions/src/center.ts b/packages/functions/src/center.ts
index f169569af..4d5862333 100644
--- a/packages/functions/src/center.ts
+++ b/packages/functions/src/center.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import type { Document, Transform, vec3 } from '@gltf-transform/core';
-import { bounds } from '@gltf-transform/core';
+import { getBounds } from '@gltf-transform/core';
 import { createTransform } from './utils';
 
 const NAME = 'center';
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ export function center(_options: CenterOptions = CENTER_DEFAULTS): Transform {
 
 				let pivot: vec3;
 				if (typeof options.pivot === 'string') {
-					const bbox = bounds(scene);
+					const bbox = getBounds(scene);
 					pivot = [
 						(bbox.max[0] - bbox.min[0]) / 2 + bbox.min[0],
 						(bbox.max[1] - bbox.min[1]) / 2 + bbox.min[1],
diff --git a/packages/functions/src/index.ts b/packages/functions/src/index.ts
index 2fa6917c9..4e991dd63 100644
--- a/packages/functions/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/functions/src/index.ts
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@
  * @module functions
  */
 
-export { bounds } from '@gltf-transform/core'; // backwards compatibility, remove in v0.12
 export * from './center';
 export * from './colorspace';
 export * from './dedup';
diff --git a/packages/functions/src/inspect.ts b/packages/functions/src/inspect.ts
index a730c1065..5e380aaeb 100644
--- a/packages/functions/src/inspect.ts
+++ b/packages/functions/src/inspect.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import {
 	GLTF,
 	ImageUtils,
 	Texture,
-	bounds,
+	getBounds,
 	PropertyType,
 } from '@gltf-transform/core';
 import { getGLPrimitiveCount } from './utils';
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ function listScenes(doc: Document): InspectPropertyReport<InspectSceneReport> {
 		.listScenes()
 		.map((scene) => {
 			const root = scene.listChildren()[0];
-			const sceneBounds = bounds(scene);
+			const sceneBounds = getBounds(scene);
 			return {
 				name: scene.getName(),
 				rootName: root ? root.getName() : '',
diff --git a/packages/functions/test/center.test.ts b/packages/functions/test/center.test.ts
index dbfbb7357..b19b211d2 100644
--- a/packages/functions/test/center.test.ts
+++ b/packages/functions/test/center.test.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 require('source-map-support').install();
 
 import test from 'tape';
-import { Accessor, Document } from '@gltf-transform/core';
-import { bounds, center } from '../';
+import { Accessor, Document, getBounds } from '@gltf-transform/core';
+import { center } from '../';
 
 test('@gltf-transform/functions::center', async (t) => {
 	const doc = new Document();
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ test('@gltf-transform/functions::center', async (t) => {
 	await doc.transform(center({ pivot: 'center' }));
 
 	t.deepEquals(
-		bounds(scene),
+		getBounds(scene),
 		{
 			min: [-2.5, -2.5, -2.5],
 			max: [2.5, 2.5, 2.5],
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ test('@gltf-transform/functions::center', async (t) => {
 	await doc.transform(center({ pivot: 'above' }));
 
 	t.deepEquals(
-		bounds(scene),
+		getBounds(scene),
 		{
 			min: [-2.5, -5.0, -2.5],
 			max: [2.5, 0.0, 2.5],
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ test('@gltf-transform/functions::center', async (t) => {
 	await doc.transform(center({ pivot: 'below' }));
 
 	t.deepEquals(
-		bounds(scene),
+		getBounds(scene),
 		{
 			min: [-2.5, 0.0, -2.5],
 			max: [2.5, 5.0, 2.5],
diff --git a/packages/functions/test/dequantize.test.ts b/packages/functions/test/dequantize.test.ts
index cf1c93e07..cf7badce7 100644
--- a/packages/functions/test/dequantize.test.ts
+++ b/packages/functions/test/dequantize.test.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 require('source-map-support').install();
 
 import test from 'tape';
-import { bbox, bounds, Document, Logger, Primitive, PrimitiveTarget, Scene, vec3 } from '@gltf-transform/core';
+import { bbox, getBounds, Document, Logger, Primitive, PrimitiveTarget, Scene, vec3 } from '@gltf-transform/core';
 import { dequantize } from '../';
 
 const logger = new Logger(Logger.Verbosity.WARN);
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ test('@gltf-transform/functions::dequantize', async (t) => {
 	const node = doc.getRoot().listNodes()[0];
 	const prim = doc.getRoot().listMeshes()[0].listPrimitives()[0];
 
-	const bboxScenePrev = bounds(scene);
-	const bboxNodePrev = bounds(node);
+	const bboxScenePrev = getBounds(scene);
+	const bboxNodePrev = getBounds(node);
 	const bboxMeshPrev = primBounds(prim);
 
 	t.deepEquals(bboxScenePrev, { min: [0, 0, 0], max: [50, 50, 50] }, 'original bbox - scene');
@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@ test('@gltf-transform/functions::dequantize', async (t) => {
 
 	await doc.transform(dequantize());
 
-	const bboxScene = bounds(scene);
-	const bboxNode = bounds(node);
+	const bboxScene = getBounds(scene);
+	const bboxNode = getBounds(node);
 	const bboxMesh = primBounds(prim);
 
 	t.ok(prim.getAttribute('POSITION').getArray() instanceof Float32Array, 'position - float32');
diff --git a/packages/functions/test/quantize.test.ts b/packages/functions/test/quantize.test.ts
index 3a51da7ff..689d9be90 100644
--- a/packages/functions/test/quantize.test.ts
+++ b/packages/functions/test/quantize.test.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import {
 	Accessor,
 	AnimationChannel,
 	bbox,
-	bounds,
+	getBounds,
 	Document,
 	Logger,
 	Mesh,
@@ -45,9 +45,9 @@ test('@gltf-transform/functions::quantize | mesh volume', async (t) => {
 	const primA = doc.getRoot().listMeshes()[0].listPrimitives()[0];
 	const primB = doc.getRoot().listMeshes()[1].listPrimitives()[0];
 
-	const bboxSceneCopy = bounds(scene);
-	const bboxNodeACopy = bounds(nodeA);
-	const bboxNodeBCopy = bounds(nodeB);
+	const bboxSceneCopy = getBounds(scene);
+	const bboxNodeACopy = getBounds(nodeA);
+	const bboxNodeBCopy = getBounds(nodeB);
 	const bboxMeshACopy = primBounds(primA);
 	const bboxMeshBCopy = primBounds(primB);
 
@@ -59,9 +59,9 @@ test('@gltf-transform/functions::quantize | mesh volume', async (t) => {
 
 	await doc.transform(quantize({ quantizePosition: 14 }));
 
-	const bboxScene = bounds(scene);
-	const bboxNodeA = bounds(nodeA);
-	const bboxNodeB = bounds(nodeB);
+	const bboxScene = getBounds(scene);
+	const bboxNodeA = getBounds(nodeA);
+	const bboxNodeB = getBounds(nodeB);
 	const bboxMeshA = primBounds(primA);
 	const bboxMeshB = primBounds(primB);
 
@@ -84,9 +84,9 @@ test('@gltf-transform/functions::quantize | scene volume', async (t) => {
 	const primA = doc.getRoot().listMeshes()[0].listPrimitives()[0];
 	const primB = doc.getRoot().listMeshes()[1].listPrimitives()[0];
 
-	const bboxSceneCopy = bounds(scene);
-	const bboxNodeACopy = bounds(nodeA);
-	const bboxNodeBCopy = bounds(nodeB);
+	const bboxSceneCopy = getBounds(scene);
+	const bboxNodeACopy = getBounds(nodeA);
+	const bboxNodeBCopy = getBounds(nodeB);
 	const bboxMeshACopy = primBounds(primA);
 	const bboxMeshBCopy = primBounds(primB);
 
@@ -103,9 +103,9 @@ test('@gltf-transform/functions::quantize | scene volume', async (t) => {
 		})
 	);
 
-	const bboxScene = roundBbox(bounds(scene), 3);
-	const bboxNodeA = roundBbox(bounds(nodeA), 2);
-	const bboxNodeB = roundBbox(bounds(nodeB), 3);
+	const bboxScene = roundBbox(getBounds(scene), 3);
+	const bboxNodeA = roundBbox(getBounds(nodeA), 2);
+	const bboxNodeB = roundBbox(getBounds(nodeB), 3);
 	const bboxMeshA = roundBbox(primBounds(primA), 3);
 	const bboxMeshB = roundBbox(primBounds(primB), 3);
 
@@ -128,9 +128,9 @@ test('@gltf-transform/functions::quantize | skinned mesh', async (t) => {
 	const primA = doc.getRoot().listMeshes()[0].listPrimitives()[0];
 	const primB = doc.getRoot().listMeshes()[1].listPrimitives()[0];
 
-	const bboxSceneCopy = bounds(scene);
-	const bboxNodeACopy = bounds(nodeA);
-	const bboxNodeBCopy = bounds(nodeB);
+	const bboxSceneCopy = getBounds(scene);
+	const bboxNodeACopy = getBounds(nodeA);
+	const bboxNodeBCopy = getBounds(nodeB);
 	const bboxMeshACopy = primBounds(primA);
 	const bboxMeshBCopy = primBounds(primB);
 
@@ -152,13 +152,13 @@ test('@gltf-transform/functions::quantize | skinned mesh', async (t) => {
 
 	await doc.transform(quantize({ quantizePosition: 14 }));
 
-	const bboxScene = bounds(scene);
-	const bboxNodeA = bounds(nodeA);
-	const bboxNodeB = bounds(nodeB);
+	const bboxScene = getBounds(scene);
+	const bboxNodeA = getBounds(nodeA);
+	const bboxNodeB = getBounds(nodeB);
 	const bboxMeshA = primBounds(primA);
 	const bboxMeshB = primBounds(primB);
 
-	// NodeA now affects scene bounds, because bounds() does not check IBMs.
+	// NodeA now affects scene bounds, because getBounds() does not check IBMs.
 	t.deepEquals(bboxScene, { min: [-0.5, -0.5, -0.5], max: [25, 15, 0.5] }, 'bbox - scene');
 	t.deepEquals(bboxNodeA, { min: [20, 10, 0], max: [25, 15, 0] }, 'bbox - nodeA');
 	t.deepEquals(bboxNodeB, { min: [-0.5, -0.5, -0.5], max: [0.5, 0.5, 0.5] }, 'bbox - nodeB');
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ test('@gltf-transform/functions::quantize | morph targets', async (t) => {
 
 	const scene = doc.getRoot().listScenes().pop();
 
-	const bboxSceneCopy = bounds(scene);
+	const bboxSceneCopy = getBounds(scene);
 	const bboxMeshCopy = primBounds(prim);
 	const bboxTargetCopy = primBounds(target);
 
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ test('@gltf-transform/functions::quantize | morph targets', async (t) => {
 
 	await doc.transform(quantize({ quantizePosition: 14 }));
 
-	const bboxScene = roundBbox(bounds(scene), 2);
+	const bboxScene = roundBbox(getBounds(scene), 2);
 	const bboxMesh = roundBbox(primBounds(prim), 3);
 	const bboxTarget = roundBbox(primBounds(target), 3);
 
diff --git a/packages/functions/test/simplify.test.ts b/packages/functions/test/simplify.test.ts
index 96b1aaf90..f73c8b1d6 100644
--- a/packages/functions/test/simplify.test.ts
+++ b/packages/functions/test/simplify.test.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ require('source-map-support').install();
 
 import test from 'tape';
 import path from 'path';
-import { bbox, bounds, Document, Logger, NodeIO, Primitive, vec3 } from '@gltf-transform/core';
+import { bbox, getBounds, Document, Logger, NodeIO, Primitive, vec3 } from '@gltf-transform/core';
 import { DracoMeshCompression, MeshQuantization } from '@gltf-transform/extensions';
 import { weld, unweld, simplify } from '../';
 import { MeshoptSimplifier } from 'meshoptimizer';
@@ -25,12 +25,12 @@ test('@gltf-transform/functions::simplify | welded', async (t) => {
 	const scene = document.getRoot().getDefaultScene()!;
 
 	const srcCount = getVertexCount(document);
-	const srcBounds = roundBbox(bounds(scene), 2);
+	const srcBounds = roundBbox(getBounds(scene), 2);
 
 	await document.transform(weld(), simplify({ simplifier: MeshoptSimplifier, ratio: 0.5 }));
 
 	const dstCount = getVertexCount(document);
-	const dstBounds = roundBbox(bounds(scene), 2);
+	const dstBounds = roundBbox(getBounds(scene), 2);
 
 	t.ok((srcCount - dstCount) / srcCount > 0.5, '≥50% reduction');
 	t.ok(srcCount > dstCount, 'src.count > dst.count');
@@ -44,12 +44,12 @@ test('@gltf-transform/functions::simplify | unwelded', async (t) => {
 	const scene = document.getRoot().getDefaultScene()!;
 
 	const srcCount = getVertexCount(document);
-	const srcBounds = roundBbox(bounds(scene), 2);
+	const srcBounds = roundBbox(getBounds(scene), 2);
 
 	await document.transform(unweld(), simplify({ simplifier: MeshoptSimplifier, ratio: 0.5 }));
 
 	const dstCount = getVertexCount(document);
-	const dstBounds = roundBbox(bounds(scene), 2);
+	const dstBounds = roundBbox(getBounds(scene), 2);
 
 	t.ok((srcCount - dstCount) / srcCount > 0.5, '≥50% reduction');
 	t.ok(srcCount > dstCount, 'src.count > dst.count');
@@ -80,12 +80,12 @@ test('@gltf-transform/functions::simplify | shared accessors', async (t) => {
 	scene.addChild(nodeA).addChild(nodeB);
 
 	const srcCount = getVertexCount(document);
-	const srcBounds = roundBbox(bounds(scene), 2);
+	const srcBounds = roundBbox(getBounds(scene), 2);
 
 	await document.transform(unweld(), simplify({ simplifier: MeshoptSimplifier, ratio: 0.5 }));
 
 	const dstCount = getVertexCount(document);
-	const dstBounds = roundBbox(bounds(scene), 2);
+	const dstBounds = roundBbox(getBounds(scene), 2);
 
 	t.ok((srcCount - dstCount) / srcCount > 0.5, '≥50% reduction');
 	t.ok(srcCount > dstCount, 'src.count > dst.count');