Mass

Word MASS
Character 4
Hyphenation mass
Pronunciations /mæs/

Definitions and meanings of "Mass"

What do we mean by mass?

A unified body of matter with no specific shape. noun

A grouping of individual parts or elements that compose a unified body of unspecified size or quantity. noun

A large but nonspecific amount or number. noun

A lump or aggregate of coherent material. noun

The principal part; the majority. noun

The physical volume or bulk of a solid body. noun

A property of matter equal to the measure of the amount of matter contained in or constituting a physical body that partly determines the body's resistance to changes in the speed or direction of its motion. The mass of an object is not dependent on gravity and therefore is different from but proportional to its weight. noun

An area of unified light, shade, or color in a painting. noun

A thick, pasty mixture containing drugs from which pills are formed. noun

The body of common people or people of low socioeconomic status. noun

To gather or be gathered into a mass. transitive & intransitive verb

Of, relating to, characteristic of, directed at, or attended by a large number of people. adjective

Done or carried out on a large scale. adjective

Total; complete. adjective

To celebrate mass.

See mas. noun

In pharmacy, a preparation of thick, pasty consistency with which is incorporated some active medicinal substance: the mass is made up into pills of definite size and weight for administration. noun

In the fine arts, any large and simple expanse of form, light, shade, or color, in which the details of a composition arrange themselves. noun

In electrochemistry, the concentration of that fraction of the electrolyte which, at the given dilution, is dissociated into ions, and is therefore capable of carrying the electric current. noun

To form into a mass; collect into masses; assemble in one body or in close conjunction: as, to mass troops at a certain place; to mass the points of an argument.

(physical) Matter, material.

A large quantity; a sum.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Mass

The word "mass" in example sentences

(Force) = (gravitational mass) × (intensity of the gravitational field), where the “gravitational mass” is likewise a characteristic constant for the body. ❋ Unknown (1920)

(Force) = (inertial mass) × (acceleration), where the “inertial mass” is a characteristic constant of the accelerated body. ❋ Unknown (1920)

The epiglottis is derived from the “central mass, ” and has a third arch element in its oral and upper aspect; the arch value of the “central mass” is doubtful. ❋ Unknown (1918)

"Finally, as your excellence wishes to know what we retain in our churches of the ceremonies of the mass, I would inform your excellence, that the mass is entirely abolished, _except when are persons present_ who wish to receive the Lord's Supper;" [Note 37] that is, we have entirely abolished private masses; at which, as it is well known, no one communed but the priest himself, but retain the _public mass_ at communion seasons. ❋ Unknown (1836)

Sloan would make the system Ford had pioneered complete, and it is this complete system to which the term mass production applies today. ❋ James P. Womack (2007)

What the man might mean by the priest and the hunting-mass I knew not then, but heard after, that when a noble will go forth hunting, the service which they call the mass is shortened to the utmost, and the priest that can say it more speedily than his brethren is best esteemed. ❋ Hamilton Wright Mabie (1880)

It actually used the term mass psychological brainwashing. ❋ Unknown (2010)

As for rail to the valley, we are not talking about mass transit I would avoid anyone who uses the term mass transit but a light rail service. ❋ Unknown (2009)

ED HENRY, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): It puts new meaning into the term mass marketing, souvenirs for Pope Benedict's first official visit to America. ❋ Unknown (2008)

India's trade in mass is a great big thing, but individually, no. ❋ Unknown (1930)

We proved from various letters and other documents of _Luther_, written in the year of the Diet, that he makes the distinction and uses the term mass for the above described mass proper. ❋ Unknown (1836)

But we must recollect that the term mass here, as will be fully proved hereafter, does not signify the Papal mass in full. ❋ Unknown (1836)

To support this charge he affirms, that the word mass (or missa, mess,) was at the time of the Confession, in 1530, _in general use for the eucharist; _ and that in later years the term mass, in this sense, was entirely given up by the Reformers, page 15 of Plea. ❋ Unknown (1836)

The Court noted that the term mass action means any civil action in which monetary relief claims of 100 or more persons are proposed to be tried jointly on the ground that the plaintiffs 'claim involves common questions of law or fact. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Mass marketers, for the most part, could care less about appealing to a niche; hence the term mass marketing. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Research Institutions tend to use phrases like Ice Mass every now and again but report figures in cubic kilometers which is volume, and also in Area as Sq Km. So the term mass, as in Kgs or Tonnes, seems to be a misnomer when it comes to Polar ice because ice is continually expanding and contracting. ❋ Unknown (2009)

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