bulkinessn.
/ˈbʌlkɪnɪs/ The quality of being bulky; largeness of volume. Used by Fairfax for ‘extension’.
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the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > [noun]
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the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > largeness > [noun] > largeness of volume or bulkiness
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1674 N. Fairfax Treat. Bulk & Selvedge 29 A thing being cleave some, not from its bulkiness, but inward emptiness mingled.
1691 J. Locke Money in Wks. (1727) II. 24 Wheat..cannot serve instead of money; because of its Bulkiness.
1740 T. Gray Let. 16 July in Corr. (1971) I. 168 The Gothic character and bulkiness of those volumes.
1848 J. S. Mill Princ. Polit. Econ. II. iii. xix. §2. 142 The expense of transport..is..much affected by the bulkiness of the goods.
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