Piece and Volume

Piece

Piece noun - A broken or irregular part of something that often remains incomplete.

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Volume and piece are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Volume" instead a noun "Piece".

Nearby Words: pieced, piecework, piecing

Volume noun - A considerable amount.

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Piece and volume are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Piece" instead a noun "Volume".

Nearby Words: voluminous, volumetric, volumeter

full	full piece	full volume
particular	particular piece	particular volume
specific	specific piece	specific volume
short	short piece	short volume
Other adjectives: certain, original, single, small, actual, entire, real, large, great, huge, little, new, missing, final, next, last.

A good example, most obviously and notoriously, is the use of the phrase 'rising to/reaching crescendo' - crescendo refers to the rising of volume of a piece; it's a process, not a destination.

Source: Artistic License Music
How necessary any given piece of exposition is is somewhat arguable, but it's worth noting that the author tends to condense all of her conversations to one-paragraph summaries in the third volume.

Source: Literature / The Spellmonger Series
The "Firebird Suite" also does a pretty impressive leap in volume when transitioning to the main portion of the piece.

Source: Scare Chord

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