active mass
Americannoun
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
As you have said, you are using only a minute portion of the active mass of your brain.
From Skylark Three by Wessolowski, Hans Waldemar
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
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