different between voluminous vs voluminal

English

Etymology

From Late Latin voluminosus, from volumen, from volv? (“roll, turn about”) +? -men (noun-forming suffix). Related to volume.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /v??l(j)u?.m?.n?s/
• (US) IPA^(key): /v??lu.m?.n?s/

Adjective

voluminous (comparative more voluminous, superlative most voluminous)

1. Of or pertaining to volume or volumes.
2. Consisting of many folds, coils, or convolutions.
3. Of great volume, or bulk; large.
4. Having written much, or produced many volumes

   Synonyms: copious, diffuse

   a voluminous writer

Translations

English

Adjective

voluminal (not comparable)

1. 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.

Related terms

• voluminous