| 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 |
| bulkage | Anything, such as agar, that increases the bulk of material in the intestine, thereby stimulating peristalsis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| bulkhead | 1. A partition in a vessel, to separate apartments on the same deck. 2. A structure of wood or stone, to resist the pressure of earth or water; a partition wall or structure, as in a mine; the limiting wall along a water front. Bulked line, a line beyond which a wharf must not project; usually, the harbor line. See: Bulk part of a building. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| 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) |
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