| bulk | To appear or seem to be, as to bulk or extent; to swell. "The fame of Warburton possibly bulked larger for the moment." (Leslie Stephen) Origin: Bulked; Bulking. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| bulk density | Weight per unit of volume, usually specified in pounds per cubic foot. (05 Dec 1998) |
| bulk modulus | modulus of volume elasticity |
| radiation damage, bulk | <radiobiology> General term describing changes in chemical and/or metallurgical properties of structure components of fusion reactor caused by atomic displacement and nuclear transmutation events occuring as a result of exposure to a radiation environment (such as the neutrons emitted from a fission or D-T fusion reactor). (09 Oct 1997) |