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noun

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The correct spelling is magnum. A bottle of wine containing 1.5 liters of fluid, double the volume of a standard bottle.

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  1. 1.A bottle of wine containing 1.5 liters of fluid, double the volume of a standard bottle.
  2. 2.A powerful firearm cartridge, often derived from a shorter, less powerful cartridge calibre that uses the same bullet.
  3. 3.A handgun that fires a cartridge of this calibre; chiefly a revolver, but rarely an autoloader firing an unusually powerful calibre.

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