mass (mæs
)
Definitions
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
- See in the mass
- 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
- pharmacology a pastelike composition of drugs from which pills are made
- mining an irregular deposit of ore not occurring in veins
modifier
- 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
Alternative Forms
massed adjective massedly (ˈmæsɪdlɪ;ˈmæstlɪ) adverb Word Origin
C14: from Old French masse, from Latin massa that which forms a lump, from Greek maza barley cake; perhaps related to Greek massein to kneadSynonyms
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Mass (mæs;mɑːs)
Definitions
Word Origin
Old English mæsse, from Church Latin missa, ultimately from Latin mittere to send away; perhaps derived from the concluding dismissal in the Roman Mass, Ite, missa est, Go, it is the dismissalTranslations
- British English:
mass
A mass of something is a large amount of it.He had a mass of black hair.mæs NOUN He had a mass of black hair.
- Spanish:
masa
nf
- French:
masse
nf
- German:
Masse
nf
- Chinese: 大量 n
- Arabic: مِقْدَارٌ كَبِيرٌ n
- Portuguese: montão nm
- Russian: масса nf
- Croatian: masa nf
- Czech: masa nf
- Danish: masse nutr
- Dutch: massa n
- Finnish: suuri joukko n
- Greek: μάζα nf
- Italian: massa nf
- Japanese: 大量 n
- Korean: 덩어리 n
- Norwegian: mengde nm
- Polish: mnóstwo nnt
- Brazilian Portuguese: montão nm
- European Spanish:
masa
nf
- Swedish: massa nutr
- Thai: จำนวนมาก n
- Turkish: kütle n
- Vietnamese: khối lượng n
- British English:
Mass
Mass is a Christian church ceremony during which people eat bread and drink wine in order to remember the last meal of Jesus Christ.She went to Mass each day.mæs NOUN She went to Mass each day.
- Spanish:
misa
nf
- French:
messe
nf
- German:
Messe
nf
- Chinese: 弥撒 n
- Arabic: قُدّاسُ n
- Portuguese: missa nf
- Russian: месса nf
- Croatian: misa nf
- Czech: mše nf
- Danish: messe nutr
- Dutch: mis n
- Finnish: messu n
- Greek: λειτουργία nf
- Italian: messa nf
- Japanese: ミサ n
- Korean: 미사 n
- Norwegian: messe nm
- Polish: msza nf
- Brazilian Portuguese: missa nf
- European Spanish:
misa
nf
- Swedish: mässa nutr
- Thai: พิธีแมสในโบถส์ n
- Turkish: ayin n
- Vietnamese: lễ ban thánh thể n
Usage examples
Two are of the same woman; big-boned, strong looking with a round face and a mass of thick dark curls.
, CHAMELEON (2002)Despite international opposition, these nations have invaded Iraq because they say it possesses weapons of mass destruction.
New Scientist (2003)By late afternoon, most of the dead had been placed in white cotton shrouds and buried in mass graves.
Irish Times (2002)The parrot cry of a right of free navigation on Loch Lomond has been used for too long to justify mass hooliganism.
Glasgow Herald (2001)In 1944, two Americans finally succeeded in making synthetic quinine, but it was too expensive for mass production.
, THE MEDICAL MYSTERIES E-OMNIBUS (2001)