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Bulkiness

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bulk·y  (blk)
adj. bulk·i·er, bulk·i·est
1. Having considerable bulk; massive.
2. Of large size for its weight: a bulky knit.
3. Clumsy to manage; unwieldy.

bulki·ly adv.
bulki·ness n.
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Noun1.bulkiness - an unwieldy largeness
bigness, largeness - the property of having a relatively great size

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Heavy-gauge formers for electronics, medical, and telecommunications applications face a limited threat due to the bulkiness of the parts and the cost of shipping them across oceans.
And as for the latter, it is the view of the Shaykh [Ibn Sina] and of most of the philosophers before him, for they believe that this thing that is extended in the [spatial] directions and obtained in space is bulkiness (al-hajmiyyah), and that the substrate (mahall) of this bulkiness is hayula, and that the sum of these two is the body (al-jism).
That says it pretty well, especially the last bit about bulkiness and delicacy.
 
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