Mass.

Massachusetts (US state)

mass¹ /mas/

1. A lump of matter
2. Matter, material (obsolete)
3. A quantity
4. A collected or coherent body of matter
5. An unbroken expanse
6. The aggregate, total
7. The main body
8. The greater part
9. The principal part
10. The quantity of matter in any body, measured by its resistance to change of motion and the force of gravity exerted upon it
11. (in pl with the) the ordinary people, the people as a whole
12. (in pl) a large quantity or number (informal)

Relating to a mass, or to large numbers or quantities, or to ordinary people as a whole

1. To form into a mass
2. To bring together in masses

To assemble or come together in a mass or masses

massˈiness noun

massive /masˈiv/ adjective

1. Bulky
2. Weighty
3. Giving an impression of weight
4. Not separated into parts or elements
5. Without crystalline form
6. Great in quantity
7. On a very large scale, or of great size or power (figurative)
8. Popular, great, successful (slang)

A gang, esp a street gang

massˈively adverb

massˈiveness noun

massˈy adjective

Massive, made up of masses

mass defect noun

The difference between the sum of the masses of the neutrons and protons in a nucleus and the mass of the nucleus itself

mass-energy equivalence noun (physics)

The fundamental principle that mass and energy are equivalent and interconvertible shown by the mass-energy equation E=mc²

mass market noun

The market for mass-produced goods

mass-marˈket transitive verb

mass-marˈketing noun

mass media, mass medium see under medium

mass meeting noun

A large meeting for a public protest or discussion

mass noun noun

A noun that denotes something that cannot be counted or made plural

mass number noun

The atomic weight of an isotope, the number of nucleons in the nucleus

mass observation noun

The study of the habits, opinions, etc of the general body of a community

mass-produceˈ transitive verb

To produce in great quantity by a standardized process

mass-producedˈ adjective

mass producer noun

mass production noun

mass radiography noun

The X-raying of large numbers of people by means of mobile units

mass spectrograph noun

A vacuum system in which positive rays of various charged atoms are deflected through electric and magnetic fields so as to indicate the charge-to-mass ratios on a photographic plate, thus measuring the atomic masses of isotopes with precision

mass spectrometer noun

An instrument like the mass spectrograph that detects the charged particles electrically instead of photographically

mass spectrometry noun

mass transit noun (US)

Public transport

mass-transit adjective

in mass

1. As a body
2. All together

in the mass

1. In the aggregate
2. As a whole
3. Indiscriminately

law of mass action (chem)

The law stating that the rate of chemical change is proportional to the product of the concentrations of the reacting substances

Mass, Mas /mäs/, Mess or Mes /mes/ (obsolete)

Masˈ-John, Massˈ-John, Mesˈ-John or Messˈ-John noun (obsolete)

A contemptuous name for a Scottish parish minister

mass² (often with cap) /mas or mäs/

1. The celebration of the Lord's Supper or Eucharist in Roman Catholic and some Protestant churches
2. The religious service for it
3. A musical setting of certain parts of the Roman Catholic liturgy
4. A church service (Shakespeare)

massˈ-bell noun

A sacring bell

massˈ-book noun

The Roman Catholic missal or service-book

massˈpriest noun

1. Formerly, a Roman Catholic secular priest, as distinct from one living under a rule
2. Later, a priest retained in chantries, etc to say masses for the dead
3. A Roman Catholic priest generally (derogatory)

mas /mas/

A house or farm in the south of France

• unvexed
• unviable
• unviewed
• unviolated
• unvirtue
• unvirtues
• unvirtuous
• unvirtuously
• unvisitable
• unvisited
• unvisor
• unvisored
• unvisoring
• unvisors
• unvital
• unvitiated
• unvitrifiable
• unvitrified
• unvizard
• unvizarded
• unvizarding
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