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