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mass
1[ mas ]
noun
- a body of coherent matter, usually of indefinite shape and often of considerable size:
a mass of dough.
- Medicine/Medical, Pathology. an abnormal lump in the body, often in the form of a cyst or tumor:
The mass they removed was alarmingly large, but the great news is that it was benign.
- a collection of incoherent particles, parts, or objects regarded as forming one body:
a mass of sand.
Synonyms: congeries, heap, assemblage
- aggregate; whole (usually preceded by in the ):
People, in the mass, mean well.
- a considerable assemblage, number, or quantity: a mass of troops.
a mass of errors;
a mass of troops.
Synonyms: conglomeration, pile, accumulation, collection
- bulk, size, expanse, or massiveness:
towers of great mass and strength.
- Fine Arts.
- Painting. an expanse of color or tone that defines form or shape in general outline rather than in detail.
- a shape or three-dimensional volume that has or gives the illusion of having weight, density, and bulk.
- the main body, bulk, or greater part of anything:
the great mass of American films.
Synonyms: majority
- Physics. the quantity of matter as determined from its weight or from Newton's second law of motion. : m Compare weight ( def 2 ), relativistic mass, rest mass.
- Pharmacology. a preparation of thick, pasty consistency, from which pills are made.
- the masses, the ordinary or common people as a whole; the working classes or the lower social classes.
Synonyms: proletariat, plebeians
adjective
- pertaining to, involving, or affecting a large number of people:
mass unemployment;
mass migrations.
- affecting a number of people, but more than two and typically a large number: a mass shooting.
mass murder;
a mass shooting.
- participated in or performed by a large number of people, especially together in a group: mass suicide.
mass demonstrations;
mass suicide.
- pertaining to, involving, or characteristic of the mass of the people: a movie designed to appeal to a mass audience.
the mass mind;
a movie designed to appeal to a mass audience.
- reaching or designed to reach a large number of people:
television, newspapers, and other means of mass communication.
- done on a large scale or in large quantities:
mass destruction.
verb (used without object)
- to come together in or form a mass or masses:
The clouds are massing in the west.
Mass
2[ mas ]
Mass.
3abbreviation for
- Massachusetts.
Mass.
1abbreviation for
- Massachusetts
mass
3/ ˈmæstlɪ; mæs; ˈmæsɪdlɪ /
noun
- a large coherent body of matter without a definite shape
- a collection of the component parts of something
- a large amount or number, such as a great body of people
- the main part or majority
the mass of the people voted against the government's policy
- in the massin the main; collectively
- the size of a body; bulk
- physics a physical quantity expressing the amount of matter in a body. It is a measure of a body's resistance to changes in velocity (inertial mass) and also of the force experienced in a gravitational field (gravitational mass): according to the theory of relativity, inertial and gravitational masses are equal See also inertial mass gravitational mass
- (in painting, drawing, etc) an area of unified colour, shade, or intensity, usually denoting a solid form or plane
- pharmacol a pastelike composition of drugs from which pills are made
- mining an irregular deposit of ore not occurring in veins
adjective
- done or occurring on a large scale
mass hysteria
mass radiography
- consisting of a mass or large number, esp of people
a mass meeting
verb
- to form (people or things) or (of people or things) to join together into a mass
the crowd massed outside the embassy
mass
/ măs /
- A measure of the amount of matter contained in or constituting a physical body. In classical mechanics, the mass of an object is related to the force required to accelerate it and hence is related to its inertia , and is essential to Newton's laws of motion . Objects that have mass interact with each other through the force of gravity . In Special Relativity, the observed mass of an object is dependent on its velocity with respect to the observer, with higher velocity entailing higher observed mass. Mass is measured in many different units; in most scientific applications, the SI unit of kilogram is used.
- See Note at weightSee also rest energy
Mass
1- The common name in the Roman Catholic Church , and among some members of the Anglican Communion , for the sacrament of Communion .
Mass
2- In music, a musical setting for the texts used in the Christian Church at the celebration of the Mass, or sacrament of Communion . Most Masses have been written for use in the Roman Catholic Church .
mass
3- In physics , the property of matter that measures its resistance to acceleration . Roughly, the mass of an object is a measure of the number of atoms in it. The basic unit of measurement for mass is the kilogram . ( See Newton's laws of motion ; compare weight .)
Notes
Derived Forms
- massedly, adverb
- massed, adjective
Other Words From
- mass·ed·ly [mas, -id-lee, mast, -lee], adverb
- un·massed adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of mass1
Origin of mass2
Word History and Origins
Origin of mass1
Origin of mass2
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
The photo shows a large and dense mass of smoke all over the US' West Coast, all the way down from Oregon to Southern California.
Exceptional continental record of biotic recovery after the Cretaceous-Paleogene mass extinction.
The ambition of the Green Deal will not pan out without mass production.
Unlike many creatures, it survived the massive volcanic eruptions in what’s now Siberia that upset the chemistry of Earth’s atmosphere and oceans and probably triggered the Permian mass extinction about 252 million years ago.
Each of its knobby blooms bursts from the soil as a skirted mass of tiny same-sex nubbins.
Their bodies were later found incinerated and buried in mass graves outside of town.
Beyond the huge American flag that hung over the street, the mile-long mass of cops ended.
“The United States had gone to war declaring it must destroy an active weapons of mass destruction program,” the Times reported.
Google itself has taken a break and put plans for mass production on hold.
A colleague overheard two conservative Mass. lawmakers talking about what “the gays” could do.
Charred beams and blackened walls showed stark and gaunt in the glow of a smoldering mass of wreckage.
But hitherto, before these new ideas began to spread in our community, the mass of men and women definitely settled down.
The Turks were no longer in mass but extended in several lines, less than a pace between each man.
Thus among the huge mass of accumulated commodities the simplest wants would go unsatisfied.
Edward Winslow died; one of the first settlers of Plymouth colony, Mass., and afterwards its governor.
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