| Webster's Online Dictionary |
| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Verb | 1. To gather, assemble, collect or tuck. [Eve - graph theoretic] 2. To classify. [Eve - graph theoretic] 3. To arrange, align, compose, organize or regularize.[Eve - graph theoretic] 4. Present participle conjugation of the verb bulk.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Base (bulk) |
1. Stick out or up; "The parcel bulked in the sack".[Wordnet]. 2. Cause to bulge or swell outwards.[Wordnet]. 3. To appear or seem to be, as to bulk or extent; to swell.[Websters]. 4. Base verb from the following inflections: bulking, bulked, bulks, bulker, bulkers, bulkingly and bulkedly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Adjective | 1. Being middling. [Eve - graph theoretic] 2. Being demanding. [Eve - graph theoretic] 3. Being trusting. [Eve - graph theoretic] 4. Being developing. [Eve - graph theoretic] 5. Being taxing. [Eve - graph theoretic] 6. Being branching.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
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Date "Bulking" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1842. (references) |
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Administration | The increase in volume of a material due to manipulation. Rock bulks upon being excavated; damp sand bulks if loosely deposited, as by dumping, because the apparent cohesion prevents movement of the soil particles to form a reduced volume. (references) | ||
| Finance | Practice of totalling the amounts of a number of transactions to provide a single accounting entry. Source: European Union. (references) | ||
| Industry | A process whereby wood is impregnated in a swollen condition with a substance that prevents subsequent shrinkage to the original unswollen dimensions. Source: European Union. (references) | ||
| Mining | A. The increase in volume of a material due to manipulation. Rock bulks upon being excavated; damp sand bulks if loosely deposited, such as by dumping, because the apparent cohesion prevents movement of the soil particles to form a reduced volume b. The difference in volume of a given mass of sand or other fine material in moist and dry conditions; it is expressed as a percentage of the volume in a dry condition. (references) | ||
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| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Bulking Agent | Aerospace | Material, usually carbonaceous such as sawdust or woodchips, added to a compost system to maintain airflow by preventing settlement and compaction of the waste. (references) | |
| Bulking agent | Mining | Chemically inert materials for increasing the volume of a composition; e.g., clay. Also called a filler. (references) | |
| Bulking Agents | Health | Laxatives that make bowel movements soft and easy to pass. (references) | |
| Bulking board | Industry | A board with a particularly low density. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| Bulking cell | Occupations | A rectangular enclosure with an open top and hinged door used to compress tobacco into a bulk. (references) | |
| Bulking paper | Industry | Paper with a particularly low density. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| Bulking Sludge | Administration | (Water Quality) Sludge that does not settle to the bottom of a clarifier, causing a rise in the level of suspended solids and biochemical oxygen demand in water leaving a wastewater treatment facility. (references) | |
| Sludge Bulking | Administration | A common problem encountered in the operation of activated sludge plants in which a portion of the sludge does not settle properly and is carried out with the effluent. (references) | |
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Topics by Level of Interest: BULKING | ||||
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| Sludge bulking | 3 | Sludge bulking | 3 | |
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Source: the editor, created by/for EVE to gauge likely levels of human interest in linguistically triggered topics (compiled across various sources, such as Wikipedia and specialty expression glosses). | ||||
| Language | Translations (or nearest inflections or synonyms, in parentheses) | |||
| Al Arabiya | أَكْثَرِيَّة (bulk, bulked, bulking, bulks, majorities), ضخم (bulky, fat, huge, large, prodigious), غالِبِيَّة (bulk, bulked, bulking, bulks, multitude), حَجَّمَ (bulk, bulked, bulking, bulks, dwarf), أَغْلَب (most, bulk, bulked, bulking, bulks), أَغْلَبِيَّة (majority, bulk, bulked, bulking, bulks), جُلّ (bulk, bulked, bulking, bulks, jasmine), سَوَاد (bulk, bulked, bulking, bulks, gloom). Additional references: Al Arabiya, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, bulking. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Al Fus-Ha | أَكْثَرِيَّة (bulk, bulked, bulking, bulks, majorities), ضخم (bulky, fat, huge, large, prodigious), غالِبِيَّة (bulk, bulked, bulking, bulks, multitude), حَجَّمَ (bulk, bulked, bulking, bulks, dwarf), أَغْلَب (most, bulk, bulked, bulking, bulks), أَغْلَبِيَّة (majority, bulk, bulked, bulking, bulks), جُلّ (bulk, bulked, bulking, bulks, jasmine), سَوَاد (bulk, bulked, bulking, bulks, gloom). Additional references: Al Fus-Ha, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, bulking. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Arabic | أَكْثَرِيَّة (bulk, bulked, bulking, bulks, majorities), ضخم (bulky, fat, huge, large, prodigious), غالِبِيَّة (bulk, bulked, bulking, bulks, multitude), حَجَّمَ (bulk, bulked, bulking, bulks, dwarf), أَغْلَب (most, bulk, bulked, bulking, bulks), أَغْلَبِيَّة (majority, bulk, bulked, bulking, bulks), جُلّ (bulk, bulked, bulking, bulks, jasmine), سَوَاد (bulk, bulked, bulking, bulks, gloom). Additional references: Arabic, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, bulking. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Baseclois | tcherque (load, burden, filler, charge, entrust). Additional references: Baseclois, bulking. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Catalan | inflor (bulking). Additional references: Catalan, Spain, Andorra, bulking. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Central Danish | udvidelsesstabilisering (bulking), omgruppering (realignment, redeployment, bulking). Additional references: Central Danish, Denmark, Germany, bulking. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Chinese Simplified | 罐装 (bulking, canned, canning, cans, pot), 散装 (bulking), 部分 (section, part, piece, share, segment). Additional references: Chinese Simplified, China, Brunei, bulking. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Chinese Traditional | 散裝 (bulking), 罐裝 (bulking, canning, cans, pot), 厚度號數 (bulking number), 厚度指數 (bulking index). Additional references: Chinese Traditional, China, Brunei, bulking. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Corse | radunà (gather, collect, to collect, reunite, to reunite), ordinà (arrange, to arrange, organize, to organize, regulate), inquadrà (regulate, to regulate, adjust, settle, to settle), aggruppà (arrange, assemble, assembling, assort, bulking), grupà (arrange, assemble, assembling, assort, bulking), carga (add, addition, admonish, admonishes, afternoon nap), adunì (collect, to collect, tuck, arrange, assemble). Additional references: Corse, France, Italy, bulking. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Corsi | radunà (gather, collect, to collect, reunite, to reunite), ordinà (arrange, to arrange, organize, to organize, regulate), inquadrà (regulate, to regulate, adjust, settle, to settle), aggruppà (arrange, assemble, assembling, assort, bulking), grupà (arrange, assemble, assembling, assort, bulking), carga (add, addition, admonish, admonishes, afternoon nap), adunì (collect, to collect, tuck, arrange, assemble). Additional references: Corsi, France, Italy, bulking. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Corsican | radunà (gather, collect, to collect, reunite, to reunite), ordinà (arrange, to arrange, organize, to organize, regulate), inquadrà (regulate, to regulate, adjust, settle, to settle), aggruppà (arrange, assemble, assembling, assort, bulking), grupà (arrange, assemble, assembling, assort, bulking), carga (add, addition, admonish, admonishes, afternoon nap), adunì (collect, to collect, tuck, arrange, assemble). Additional references: Corsican, France, Italy, bulking. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Corso | radunà (gather, collect, to collect, reunite, to reunite), ordinà (arrange, to arrange, organize, to organize, regulate), inquadrà (regulate, to regulate, adjust, settle, to settle), aggruppà (arrange, assemble, assembling, assort, bulking), grupà (arrange, assemble, assembling, assort, bulking), carga (add, addition, admonish, admonishes, afternoon nap), adunì (collect, to collect, tuck, arrange, assemble). Additional references: Corso, France, Italy, bulking. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Corsu | radunà (gather, collect, to collect, reunite, to reunite), ordinà (arrange, to arrange, organize, to organize, regulate), inquadrà (regulate, to regulate, adjust, settle, to settle), aggruppà (arrange, assemble, assembling, assort, bulking), grupà (arrange, assemble, assembling, assort, bulking), carga (add, addition, admonish, admonishes, afternoon nap), adunì (collect, to collect, tuck, arrange, assemble). Additional references: Corsu, France, Italy, bulking. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Danish | udvidelsesstabilisering (bulking), omgruppering (realignment, redeployment, bulking). Additional references: Danish, Denmark, Germany, bulking. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Dansk | udvidelsesstabilisering (bulking), omgruppering (realignment, redeployment, bulking). Additional references: Dansk, Denmark, Germany, bulking. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Deutsch | volumenvergrößerung (bulking), sammelladung (aggregated shipment, bulking, collective shipment, consolidation). Additional references: Deutsch, Germany, Austria, bulking. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Dutch | overzicht (summery, abridgement, abstract, summary, survey), hergroepering (reclassification, redeployment, redeployments, regrouping, reshuffle), zwellen (swell, bag, heave, swelling, tumefy). Additional references: Dutch, Netherlands, Aruba, bulking. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Finnish | paisuminen (swelling, blowing, bulking, cheese blowing, dilatation). Additional references: Finnish, Finland, Russia (Europe), bulking. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Français | stabilisation (stabilization, stabilisation, stabilizing, fixation, bulking), regroupement (grouping, regrouping, consolidation, aggregation, bulking), mise en banc (bulking), groupage (grouping, consolidation, collecting, batching, blocking), gonflage (inflation, bulging, blow up, bulking, filling), foisonnement (swelling, overrun, bulkage, bulking, expansion), entasser en vrac (bulk, bulking), volume (volume, bulk, capacity, air space, content), masse (mass, lump, bulk, heap, crowd), grouper (group, assemble, assort, cluster, bundle). Additional references: Français, France, Algeria, bulking. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| French | stabilisation (stabilization, stabilisation, stabilizing, fixation, bulking), regroupement (grouping, regrouping, consolidation, aggregation, bulking), mise en banc (bulking), groupage (grouping, consolidation, collecting, batching, blocking), gonflage (inflation, bulging, blow up, bulking, filling), foisonnement (swelling, overrun, bulkage, bulking, expansion), entasser en vrac (bulk, bulking), volume (volume, bulk, capacity, air space, content), masse (mass, lump, bulk, heap, crowd), grouper (group, assemble, assort, cluster, bundle). Additional references: French, France, Algeria, bulking. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Galego | avultamento (bulking). Additional references: Galego, Spain, Portugal, bulking. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Galician | avultamento (bulking). Additional references: Galician, Spain, Portugal, bulking. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Gallego | avultamento (bulking). Additional references: Gallego, Spain, Portugal, bulking. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| German | volumenvergrößerung (bulking), sammelladung (aggregated shipment, bulking, collective shipment, consolidation). Additional references: German, Germany, Austria, bulking. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Greek | μόνιμη διόγκωση (bulking), ομαδοποίηση (blocking, bulking, clustering), διόγκωσις (bulkage, bulking, swell, turgescence). Additional references: Greek, Greece, Albania, bulking. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Greek (transliteration) | monimi dhiongosi (bulking), omadhopoiisi (blocking, bulking, clustering), dhiongosis (bulkage, bulking, swell, turgescence). Additional references: Greek, Greece, Albania, bulking. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| High Arabic | أَكْثَرِيَّة (bulk, bulked, bulking, bulks, majorities), ضخم (bulky, fat, huge, large, prodigious), غالِبِيَّة (bulk, bulked, bulking, bulks, multitude), حَجَّمَ (bulk, bulked, bulking, bulks, dwarf), أَغْلَب (most, bulk, bulked, bulking, bulks), أَغْلَبِيَّة (majority, bulk, bulked, bulking, bulks), جُلّ (bulk, bulked, bulking, bulks, jasmine), سَوَاد (bulk, bulked, bulking, bulks, gloom). Additional references: High Arabic, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, bulking. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| High German | volumenvergrößerung (bulking), sammelladung (aggregated shipment, bulking, collective shipment, consolidation). Additional references: High German, Germany, Austria, bulking. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Hochdeutsch | volumenvergrößerung (bulking), sammelladung (aggregated shipment, bulking, collective shipment, consolidation). Additional references: Hochdeutsch, Germany, Austria, bulking. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Italian | rigonfiamento (swelling, bulge, swell, buckle, distension), groupage (bulking, consolidation), collettame (bulking, cargo, consolidation, mixed cargo, packaged cargo), agente di riempimento (bulking agent), macchine per voluminizzare e crettare le fibre (bulking and crimping machines). Additional references: Italian, Italy, Croatia, bulking. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Japanese | かさばり (bulking). Additional references: Japanese, Japan, Taiwan, bulking. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Ruotsi | svällning (swelling, bloating, bulkage, bulking, dilatation). Additional references: Ruotsi, Sweden, Finland, bulking. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Santiago Crioulu | munti (assembly, assemblage, fitting, fixture, montage). Additional references: Santiago Crioulu, Cape Verde, bulking. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Sjaelland | udvidelsesstabilisering (bulking), omgruppering (realignment, redeployment, bulking). Additional references: Sjaelland, Denmark, Germany, bulking. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Slovak | napučiavanie (bulking, intumescence, plumping). Additional references: Slovak, Slovakia, Hungary, bulking. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Slovakian | napučiavanie (bulking, intumescence, plumping). Additional references: Slovakian, Slovakia, Hungary, bulking. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Spanish | aumento del volumen - hinchamiento (bulking), agrupamiento (grouping, bunching, bracketing, area of coverage, bulking), abultamiento (bulking, exaggeration, large size, puff), hinchamiento (heave, swelling, blowing, bulkage, bulking), esponjamiento (over-run, bulkage, bulking, increase in volume, overrun), bufamiento (bulkage, bulking, swell), abundamiento (abundance, bulkage, bulking, swell). Additional references: Spanish, Spain, Mexico, bulking. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Suomea | paisuminen (swelling, blowing, bulking, cheese blowing, dilatation). Additional references: Suomea, Finland, Russia (Europe), bulking. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Suomi | paisuminen (swelling, blowing, bulking, cheese blowing, dilatation). Additional references: Suomi, Finland, Russia (Europe), bulking. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Svenska | svällning (swelling, bloating, bulkage, bulking, dilatation). Additional references: Svenska, Sweden, Finland, bulking. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Swedish | svällning (swelling, bloating, bulkage, bulking, dilatation). Additional references: Swedish, Sweden, Finland, bulking. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Turkish | kumun şişmesi (bulking of sand). Additional references: Turkish, Turkey, Bulgaria, bulking. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Source: Eve, based on a combination of meta analysis and graph theory (for near and back translations). | Top | |||
| Language | Translations for “bulking” or closest synonym(s); back translations in parentheses. | |||
| Esperanto | ŝveligo (bulking). Additional references: Esperanto, bulking. (volunteer) | |||
| Pig Latin | ulkingbay (bulking). Additional references: Pig Latin, bulking. (volunteer) | |||
| Terran B | anuunamee (bulking). Additional references: Terran B, bulking. (volunteer) | |||
| Source: compiled by the editor. | Top | |||
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