English Dictionary: Volumenhersteller | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Volumenometer \Vol`u*me*nom"e*ter\, n. [L. volumen volume + -meter.] (Physics) An instrument for measuring the volume of a body, especially a solid, by means of the difference in tension caused by its presence and absence in a confined portion of air. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Volumenometry \Vol`u*me*nom"e*try\, n. (Chem. & Physics) The method or process of measuring volumes by means of the volumenometer. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Voluminous \Vo*lu"mi*nous\, a. [L. voluminosus: cf. F. volumineux.] Of or pertaining to volume or volumes. Specifically: (a) Consisting of many folds, coils, or convolutions. But ended foul in many a scaly fold, Voluminous and vast. --Milton. Over which dusky draperies are hanging, and voluminous curtains have long since fallen. --De Quincey. (b) Of great volume, or bulk; large. --B. Jonson. (c) Consisting of many volumes or books; as, the collections of Muratori are voluminous. (d) Having written much, or produced many volumes; copious; diffuse; as, a voluminous writer. -- {Vo*lu"mi*nous*ly}, adv. -- {Vo*lu"mi*nous*ness}, n. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Voluminous \Vo*lu"mi*nous\, a. [L. voluminosus: cf. F. volumineux.] Of or pertaining to volume or volumes. Specifically: (a) Consisting of many folds, coils, or convolutions. But ended foul in many a scaly fold, Voluminous and vast. --Milton. Over which dusky draperies are hanging, and voluminous curtains have long since fallen. --De Quincey. (b) Of great volume, or bulk; large. --B. Jonson. (c) Consisting of many volumes or books; as, the collections of Muratori are voluminous. (d) Having written much, or produced many volumes; copious; diffuse; as, a voluminous writer. -- {Vo*lu"mi*nous*ly}, adv. -- {Vo*lu"mi*nous*ness}, n. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Voluminous \Vo*lu"mi*nous\, a. [L. voluminosus: cf. F. volumineux.] Of or pertaining to volume or volumes. Specifically: (a) Consisting of many folds, coils, or convolutions. But ended foul in many a scaly fold, Voluminous and vast. --Milton. Over which dusky draperies are hanging, and voluminous curtains have long since fallen. --De Quincey. (b) Of great volume, or bulk; large. --B. Jonson. (c) Consisting of many volumes or books; as, the collections of Muratori are voluminous. (d) Having written much, or produced many volumes; copious; diffuse; as, a voluminous writer. -- {Vo*lu"mi*nous*ly}, adv. -- {Vo*lu"mi*nous*ness}, n. |