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Voluminous vs Voluminal - What's the difference?

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Voluminal is a related term of voluminous.



As adjectives the difference between voluminous and voluminal

is that voluminous is of or pertaining to volume or volumes while voluminal is of or pertaining to volume, the measurement of three-dimensional space.

voluminous

English

(Webster 1913)

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Of or pertaining to volume or volumes.
  • Consisting of many folds, coils, or convolutions.
  • Of great volume, or bulk; large.
  • Having written much, or produced many volumes; copious; diffuse; as, a voluminous writer.
  • voluminal

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Of or pertaining to volume, the measurement of three-dimensional space.
  • * 1911 , Francis M. Hartmann, Heat and thermodynamics
  • If the coefficient of voluminal expansion of the liquid, between 0° and the other two temperatures under consideration, is approximately constant
  • * 2006 , A. G. Youtsos, Residual stress and its effects on fatigue and fracture (page 152)
  • The empirical law of Koistinen and Marburger gives the voluminal fraction of martensite according to the temperature.