volume of material

collocation in English

meaningsofvolumeandmaterial

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volume
noun
uk
/ˈvɒl.juːm/us
/ˈvɑːl.juːm/
the amount of space that is contained within an object or ...
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material
adjective
uk
/məˈtɪə.ri.əl/us
/məˈtɪr.i.əl/
relating to physical objects or money rather than emotions or the ...
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(Definition ofvolumeandmaterialfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofvolume of material

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An expected requirement of any course is the largevolumeofmaterialto read.
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The editors struggle stoically to bring coherence to this large and diversevolumeofmaterial.
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A hugevolumeofmaterialhas been published in policy reports, journal articles and edited books.
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To calculate the material cost, first thevolumeofmaterialused needs to be calculated.
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A better estimate of total volume of consumption, then, must include thevolumeofmaterialfound on-site, plus at least 4.3 times that amount.
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Citlaltépetl volcano: lava flow growth will always travel shorter distances regardless of the eruptedvolumeofmaterialinvolved.
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Because of a lack of reliable and detailed depth information for the tip sites, an accurate calculation of thevolumeofmaterialburied within was not possible.
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The averagevolumeofmaterialoccurring in the two vessel types between chambers is not significantly different, although sample volume varies considerably across vessels from each tomb.
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The hugevolumeofmaterialmakes writing difficult, documenting the subject with such fine detail as to defy convenient metanarratives, an experience shared by many pioneers of large database research.
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By using the samevolumeofmaterialand by creating a gap of about 2 in.
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There is no way in which the greatvolumeofmaterialcan remain where it is to any effective purpose.
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I confirm that in spite of thevolumeofmaterialon the subject, the facts are not easy to establish.
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We are debating this matter because of the increasingvolumeofmaterial.
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Thevolumeofmaterialto be protected is less than one-twentieth of the volume of irradiated fuel.
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Thevolumeofmaterialwhich it could publish in the consumer interest is huge.
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A very greatvolumeofmaterialhas been produced from the 1971 census already, nearly three times what was produced from any of its predecessors.
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First, there is the capacity to pick out key facts from a vastvolumeofmaterial.
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Thevolumeofmaterialis very large and spare copies of most scripts do not exist.
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They are enormous and it is thevolumeofmaterialthat we should consider.
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The first is the sheervolumeofmaterialcovered by these two thin pieces of paper.
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