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active mass

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noun

Chemistry.
  1. the effective concentration of a substance.


Etymology

Origin of active mass

First recorded in 1905–10

Example Sentences

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Pita has maintained iTV was not an active mass media organisation.

From Reuters • Jul. 12, 2023

At week's end active mass resistance appeared to have been suppressed.

From Time Magazine Archive

The nerve cells are a highly active mass of living material.

From A Practical Physiology by Blaisdell, Albert F.

Guldberg and Waage expressed this in the form “the active mass of a solid substance is constant.”

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 1 "Châtelet" to "Chicago" by Various

Again, there was an intensely active mass of weaving bright stripes and loops and circles, seeming to consist of light only, and making them dizzy in a few seconds.

From The Einstein See-Saw by Breuer, Miles John