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
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
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
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
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