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Definition of 'MASS'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) mass
a body of coherent matter, usu. of indefinite shape:
a mass of dough.

2.  mass
a collection of incoherent particles, parts, or objects regarded as forming one body:
a mass of sand.

3.  mass
aggregate; whole:
People, in the mass, mean well.

4.  mass
a considerable number or quantity:
a mass of errors.

5.  mass
bulk; massiveness:
towers of great mass and strength.

6.  mass
the greater part of something:
the great mass of American films.

7.  mass
the masses, the ordinary or common people as a whole.

8. (adj.) mass
pertaining to, involving, or affecting a large number of people:
mass unemployment.

9.  mass
participated in or performed by a large number of people:
mass demonstrations.

10.  mass
involving or characteristic of the mass of the people:
a mass audience.

11.  mass
designed to reach a large number of people:
mass communications.

12.  mass
done on a large scale:
mass destruction.

13. (v.i.) mass
to come together in or form a mass:
clouds massing in the west.

14. (v.t.) mass
to assemble or distribute in a mass:
houses massed in blocks.

15. (n.) mass
(often cap.) the liturgy of the Eucharist.

16.  mass
(often cap.) the celebration of the Eucharist.

17.  mass
a musical setting of the mass.

Etymology: (bef. 900; OE mæsse < VL *messa, LL missa, formally fem. of L missus, ptp. of mittere to send)

Definition of 'MASS'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) mass
the property of a body that causes it to have weight in a gravitational field

2. (noun) batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, mountain, muckle, passel, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad
(often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent
"a batch of letters"; "a deal of trouble"; "a lot of money"; "he made a mint on the stock market"; "see the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos"; "it must have cost plenty"; "a slew of journalists"; "a wad of money"

3. (noun) mass
an ill-structured collection of similar things (objects or people)

4. (noun) Mass
(Roman Catholic Church and Protestant Churches) the celebration of the Eucharist

5. (noun) mass
a body of matter without definite shape
"a huge ice mass"

6. (noun) multitude, masses, mass, hoi polloi, people, the great unwashed
the common people generally
"separate the warriors from the mass"; "power to the people"

7. (noun) bulk, mass, volume
the property of something that is great in magnitude
"it is cheaper to buy it in bulk"; "he received a mass of correspondence"; "the volume of exports"

8. (noun) Mass
a musical setting for a Mass
"they played a Mass composed by Beethoven"

9. (adj) Mass
a sequence of prayers constituting the Christian Eucharistic rite
"the priest said Mass"

10. (verb) aggregate, aggregated, aggregative, mass
formed of separate units gathered into a mass or whole
"aggregate expenses include expenses of all divisions combined for the entire year"; "the aggregated amount of indebtedness"

11. (verb) mass
join together into a mass or collect or form a mass
"Crowds were massing outside the palace"

Definition of 'MASS'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (noun) mass
a lump with no shape
a soggy mass of flour and water

2.  mass
a mass of
a lot of
The baby had a mass of thick black hair.; a mass of lies

3.  mass
the masses
most ordinary people
music for the masses

4.  mass
in science, the amount of matter in sth
a mass of 125g

5.  mass
masses of
a lot of
He has masses of money.

6. (adjective) mass
involving a very large number of people or things
mass murder/extinction

Definition of 'MASS'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) MASS
the sacrifice in the sacrament of the Eucharist, or the consecration and oblation of the host

2. (noun) MASS
the portions of the Mass usually set to music, considered as a musical composition; -- namely, the Kyrie, the Gloria, the Credo, the Sanctus, and the Agnus Dei, besides sometimes an Offertory and the Benedictus

3. (noun) MASS
a quantity of matter cohering together so as to make one body, or an aggregation of particles or things which collectively make one body or quantity, usually of considerable size; as, a mass of ore, metal, sand, or water

4. (noun) MASS
a medicinal substance made into a cohesive, homogeneous lump, of consistency suitable for making pills; as, blue mass

5. (noun) MASS
a large quantity; a sum

6. (noun) MASS
bulk; magnitude; body; size

7. (noun) MASS
the principal part; the main body

8. (noun) MASS
the quantity of matter which a body contains, irrespective of its bulk or volume

9. (verb) MASS
to celebrate Mass

10. (verb) MASS
to form or collect into a mass; to form into a collective body; to bring together into masses; to assemble

Definition of 'MASS'

The Standard Electrical Dictionary

1. MASS
The quantity of matter in a body. The C. G. S. unit of mass is the quantity of matter in a gram. While weight varies with latitude and other circumstances, mass is invariable.

The unit of mass is also defined as the quantity of matter which in a balance will counterpoise a standard mass, the gram or pound. As the gram is intended to be the mass of one cubic centimeter of water at 3.09º C. (39º F.), the C. G. S. unit of mass is really 1.000013 gram.

As a primary unit its dimensions are indicated by M.

Definition of 'MASS'

Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms

1. MASS
1. The concentration of combat power. 2. The military formation in which units are spaced at less than the normal distances and intervals.

Translation of 'MASS'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: a large lump or quantity, gathered together a mass of concrete/people.
Afrikaans: massa, hoeveelheid	Arabic: كُتْلَه كبيرَه ، حَشْدٌ م	Bulgarian: голямо доза
Brazilian: massa	Czech: hromada	German: die Masse
Danish: masse; mængde	Greek: μάζα	Spanish: montón, masa
Estonian: mass, hulk	Farsi: انبوه	Finnish: kasa
French: amas	Hebrew: גוּש	Hindi: परिमाण
Croatian: masa, gomila	Hungarian: tömeg	Indonesian: kumpulan
Icelandic: massi; hrúga; klumpur; fj	Italian: massa	Japanese: かたまり
Korean: 덩어리, 모임	Lithuanian: masė, daugybė	Latvian: liels daudzums; (ļaužu) m
Malay: kumpulan	Dutch: massa	Norwegian: klump, masse, mengde
Polish: masa	Persian: ،كتله انبوه	Pashto: كتله
Portuguese: monte	Romanian: masă	Russian: куча, груда
Slovak: masa	Slovenian: masa	Serbian: masa
Swedish: massa	Thai: ปริมาณมาก	Turkish: yığın
Taiwanese: 大團，大堆，大群	Ukrainian: велика кількість, безліч	Urdu: ڈھیر
Vietnamese: khối; đống	Chinese: （聚成一体的）团，块，堆，群，片
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