mass
see also: Mass
Pronunciation
Mass
Pronunciation
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see also: Mass
Pronunciation
- IPA: /mæs/
mass
- (physical) Matter, material.
- 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
- (obsolete) Precious metal, especially gold or silver.
- (physics) The quantity of matter which a body contains, irrespective of its bulk or volume. It is one of four fundamental properties of matter. It is measured in kilograms in the SI system of measurement.
- (pharmacy) A medicinal substance made into a cohesive, homogeneous lump, of consistency suitable for making pills; as, blue mass.
- (medicine) A palpable or visible abnormal globular structure; a tumor.
- (bodybuilding) Excess body weight, especially in the form of muscle hypertrophy.
- (proscribed) Synonym of weight#English|weight
- A large quantity; a sum.
- Italian: massa
- Russian: ма́сса
- Portuguese: grosso
- Russian: ма́сса
- Russian: ма́сса
- Russian: ма́сса
- Russian: ма́ссы
mass (masses, present participle massing; past and past participle massed)
- (transitive) To form or collect into a mass; to form into a collective body; to bring together into masses; to assemble.
- (intransitive) To have a certain mass.
- I mass 70 kilograms.
- (to form into a mass) See also Thesaurus:assemble
- (to collect into a mass) See also Thesaurus:coalesce or Thesaurus:round up
- (to have a certain mass) weigh
mass (not comparable)
- Involving a mass of things; concerning a large quantity or number.
- There is evidence of mass extinctions in the distant past.
- Involving a mass of people; of, for, or by the masses.
- Mass unemployment resulted from the financial collapse.
- Russian: ма́ссовый
- Spanish: másico, másica
- Russian: ма́ссовый
- Spanish: multitudinario, masivo
mass (plural masses)
- (Christianity) The Eucharist, now especially in Roman Catholicism.
- (Christianity) Celebration of the Eucharist.
- (Christianity, usually as the Mass) The sacrament of the Eucharist.
- A musical setting of parts of the mass.
- French: messe
- German: Messe
- Italian: messa
- Portuguese: eucaristia
- Russian: ме́сса
- Spanish: misa
mass (masses, present participle massing; past and past participle massed)
- (intransitive, obsolete) To celebrate mass.
- Portuguese: missar
Mass
Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈmæs/
mass
- (Roman Catholic Church) The principal liturgical service of the Church, including a scripture service and a eucharistic service, which includes the consecration and oblation (offering) of the host and wine.
- A similar ceremony offered by a number of Christian churches.
- (music) A musical composition set to portions of the Mass.
- German: Messe
- Abbreviation of Massachusetts#English|Massachusetts.
- Alternative form of Mas
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