volume

/vˈɑljum/

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the amount of 3-dimensional space occupied by an object; "the gas expanded to twice its original volume"
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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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physical objects consisting of a number of pages bound together; "he used a large book as a doorstop"
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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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a relative amount; "mix one volume of the solution with ten volumes of water"
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the magnitude of sound (usually in a specified direction); "the kids played their music at full volume"