Il Foglio: La fine della scuola non è più la stessa. Per fortuna c’è Cechov
La fine della scuola non è più la stessa. Per fortuna c’è Cechov
Traffic volume has been idiomatic for a very long time, going back to shipping in the 16th century. Volume made a bit more literal sense when talking about wine or timber, but has faithfully followed traffic as that term has expanded its scope over the centuries. I feel volume emphasizes the commodity nature of the data stream and the business of its transport, whereas amount serves better ...
What is the convention for use of "volume" or "amount" in reference to ...
A volume study is an ultrasound that helps your healthcare provider plan your cancer treatment. Information from the ultrasound about the size and shape of your prostate is used to develop the cancer treatment plan.
Volume here is a measure of capacity (e.g. the volume of the bottle — or the volume of wine in the bottle — is 750 millilitres). The question (which has a helpful answer) is whether it can be applied to countable objects like requests.
I've been looking for the antonym of dense. I'm looking for an exact opposite: a single word the means, precisely, "having less mass per unit volume than another object". That is, I'm seeking a
Single word for "less mass per unit volume" (the complement of "dense")
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