英文英文字典
英文英文字典
古腾堡计划中的在线英语-英语词典
字典
Volumescope
(n.)
An instrument consisting essentially of a glass tube
provided with a graduated scale, for exhibiting to the eye the changes
of volume of a gas or gaseous mixture resulting from chemical action,
and the like.
Volumeter
(n.)
An instrument for measuring the volumes of gases or
liquids by introducing them into a vessel of known capacity.
Volumetric
(a.)
Of or pertaining to the measurement of volume.
Volumetrical
(a.)
Volumetric.
Voluminous
(a.)
Of or pertaining to volume or volumes.
Voluminous
(a.)
Consisting of many folds, coils, or convolutions.
Voluminous
(a.)
Of great volume, or bulk; large.
Voluminous
(a.)
Having written much, or produced many volumes; copious;
diffuse; as, a voluminous writer.
Volumist
(n.)
One who writes a volume; an author.
Voluntaries
(pl. )
of Voluntary
Voluntarily
(adv.)
In a voluntary manner; of one's own will;
spontaneously.
Voluntariness
(n.)
The quality or state of being voluntary;
spontaneousness; specifically, the quality or state of being free in
the exercise of one's will.
Voluntary
(v. t.)
Proceeding from the will; produced in or by an act of
choice.
Voluntary
(v. t.)
Unconstrained by the interference of another;
unimpelled by the influence of another; not prompted or persuaded by
another; done of his or its own accord; spontaneous; acting of one's
self, or of itself; free.
Voluntary
(v. t.)
Done by design or intention; intentional; purposed;
intended; not accidental; as, if a man kills another by lopping a tree,
it is not voluntary manslaughter.
Voluntary
(v. t.)
Of or pertaining to the will; subject to, or
regulated by, the will; as, the voluntary motions of an animal, such as
the movements of the leg or arm (in distinction from involuntary
motions, such as the movements of the heart); the voluntary muscle
fibers, which are the agents in voluntary motion.
Voluntary
(v. t.)
Endowed with the power of willing; as, man is a
voluntary agent.
Voluntary
(v. t.)
Free; without compulsion; according to the will,
consent, or agreement, of a party; without consideration; gratuitous;
without valuable consideration.
Voluntary
(v. t.)
Of or pertaining to voluntaryism; as, a voluntary
church, in distinction from an established or state church.
Voluntary
(n.)
One who engages in any affair of his own free will; a
volunteer.