volume
Nouns
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(n) the amount of 3-dimensional space occupied by an object
- the gas expanded to twice its original volume
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(n) the property of something that is great in magnitude
- it is cheaper to buy it in bulk
- he received a mass of correspondence
- the volume of exports
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(n) physical objects consisting of a number of pages bound together
- he used a large book as a doorstop
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(n) a publication that is one of a set of several similar publications
- the third volume was missing
- he asked for the 1989 volume of the Annual Review
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(n) a relative amount
- mix one volume of the solution with ten volumes of water
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(n) the magnitude of sound (usually in a specified direction)
- the kids played their music at full volume