swept volume

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noun

another term for volumetric displacement

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Words nearby swept volume

sweltering, sweltry, Swenson, swept, sweptback, swept volume, sweptwing, swerve, sweven, Sweyn, SWFF

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How to use swept volume in a sentence

He was also swept about in the music of D.C., a scene which gave rise to such acts as Fugazi and Thievery Corporation.
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The books in the study include a set of Shaw's plays with the first volume inscribed to Hitchcock from GBS.
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In mid-summer, as the epidemic swept through the region, schools closed one by one.
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Business owners swept up glass in front of their barber shop.
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The Met is noteworthy not only for its house size, however, but for the sheer volume of its season.
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We prefer the American volume of Hochelaga to the Canadian one, although both are highly interesting.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 372, October 1846|Various
Other things being equal, the volume of voice used measures the value that the mind puts upon the thought.
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Then the door opened, the portiere was swept aside, and Anselme announced "Monsieur de Garnache."
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The improvement of transport still further swelled the volume of production.
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This gives to the second volume something of the smell of an apple store-room.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 107, November 3, 1894|Various