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Definition of Bulkiness
1. Noun. An unwieldy largeness.
Definition of Bulkiness
1. n. Greatness in bulk; size.
Definition of Bulkiness
1. Noun. The characteristic of being bulky, or of having bulk. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Bulkiness
1. [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bulkiness
Literary usage of Bulkiness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Mechanical Text-book: Or, Introduction to the Study of Mechanics and by William John Macquorn Rankine, Edward Fisher Bamber (1873)
"The bulkiness of a substance is the number of units of volume which an unit ...
In British measures bulkiness is most conveniently expressed in cubic feet ..."
2. The Principles and Practice of Medicine: Designed for the Use of by William Osler (1905)
"... and after a sickness of several months' duration, the bulkiness of the general
frame and the amount of obesity often present a most striking contrast to ..."
3. The Analyst: A Quarterly Journal of Science, Literature, Natural History by William Holl, Neville Wood, Edward Mammatt (1837)
"... of it err in the too great bulkiness of the body ; for, although a thick bird,
it is not so dumpy as ornithological draughtsmen would have us believe. ..."
4. The Study of Cases: A Course of Instruction in Reading and Stating Reported by Eugene Wambaugh (1894)
"The bulkiness of the unwritten Law. Case law, as distinguished from statutory
law, is usually called unwritten; for, though it is ascertained only by the ..."
5. The Study of Cases: A Course of Instruction in Reading and Stating Reported by Eugene Wambaugh (1922)
"The bulkiness of the unwritten Law. Case law, as distinguished from statutory
law, is usually called unwritten; for, though it is ascertained only by the ..."
6. Useful Rules and Tables Relating to Mensuration, Engineering, Structures by William John Macquorn Rankine (1873)
"In British measures bulkiness is most conveniently expressed in cubic feet to
the Ib. ... Given, the specific gravity of a substance; to find its bulkiness ..."
7. The Works of Jeremy Bentham by Jeremy Bentham, John Bowring (1839)
"Accordingly, not only in the article of bulkiness, but, under favour of it, ...
bulkiness on the part of the body of the laws may be distinguished into ..."
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