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mass  (ms)

n.

1. A unified body of matter with no specific shape: a mass of clay.

2. A grouping of individual parts or elements that compose a unified body of unspecified size or quantity: "Take mankind in mass, and for the most part, they seem a mob of unnecessary duplicates" Herman Melville.

3. A large but nonspecific amount or number: a mass of bruises.

4. The principal part; the majority: the mass of the continent.

5. The physical volume or bulk of a solid body.

6. Abbr. m Physics A property of matter equal to the measure of an object's resistance to changes in either 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.

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

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

9. masses The body of common people or people of low socioeconomic status: "Give me your tired, your poor,/Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free" Emma Lazarus.

tr. & intr.v. massed, mass·ing, mass·es

To gather or be gathered into a mass.

adj.

1. Of, relating to, characteristic of, directed at, or attended by a large number of people: mass education; mass communication.

2. Done or carried out on a large scale: mass production.

3. Total; complete: The mass result is impressive.

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[Middle English masse, from Old French, from Latin massa, from Greek mza, maza; see mag- in Indo-European roots.]

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mass

Noun

1. a large body of something without a definite shape

2. a collection of the component parts of something: a mass of fibres

3. a large amount or number, as of people

4. the main part or majority

5. the size of a body; bulk

6. Physics a physical quantity expressing the amount of matter in a body

7. (in painting or drawing) an area of unified colour, shade, or intensity

Adjective

1. done or occurring on a large scale: mass hysteria

2. consisting of a mass or large number, esp. of people: a mass meeting

Verb

to join together into a mass

See also masses [Latin massa]

massed adj

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Mass

Noun

1. (in the Roman Catholic Church and certain other Christian churches) a service in which bread and wine are consecrated to represent the body and blood of Christ

2. a musical setting of parts of this service [Church Latin missa]

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mass  (ms)

A measure of the amount of matter contained in or constituting a physical body. In classical mechanics, the mass of an object is related to the force required to accelerate it and hence is related to its inertia, and is essential to Newton's laws of motion. Objects that have mass interact with each other through the force of gravity. In Special Relativity, the observed mass of an object is dependent on its velocity with respect to the observer, with higher velocity entailing higher observed mass. Mass is measured in many different units; in most scientific applications, the SI unit of kilogram is used. See Note at weight. See also rest energyGeneral Relativity

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Mass a large quantity; the whole quantity or the larger amount; a dense collection of objects seeming to form one body; the populace of the lower orders: the masses, 1837. See also bulk.

Examples: mass of abuses, 1867; of bruises; of bullion, 1630; of colours, 1716; of confusion, 1647; of evidence, 1865; of evil, 1855; of faults; of folly, 1616; of fountains, 1626; of heresies, 1623; of letters, 1879; of mankind, 1713; of mistakes; of money, 1568; of people, 1837; of prejudice, 1855; of priests; of sand; of seeds, 1766; of stones, 1660; of treasures; of violets, 1845; of water; solid mass of living, 1875.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	mass - the property of a body that causes it to have weight in a gravitational field physical property - any property used to characterize matter and energy and their interactions body - the main mass of a thing biomass - the total mass of living matter in a given unit area critical mass - the minimum mass of fissionable material that can sustain a chain reaction rest mass - (physics) the mass of a body as measured when the body is at rest relative to an observer, an inherent property of the body relativistic mass - (physics) the mass of a body in motion relative to the observer: it is equal to the rest mass multiplied by a factor that is greater than 1 and that increases as the magnitude of the velocity increases bulk - the property possessed by a large mass gravitational mass - (physics) the mass of a body as measured by its gravitational attraction for other bodies inertial mass - (physics) the mass of a body as determined by the second law of motion from the acceleration of the body when it is subjected to a force that is not due to gravity atomic mass, atomic weight, relative atomic mass - (chemistry) the mass of an atom of a chemical element expressed in atomic mass units mass energy - (physics) the mass of a body regarded relativistically as energy molecular weight, relative molecular mass - (chemistry) the sum of the relative atomic masses of the constituent atoms of a molecule mass defect, mass deficiency - the amount by which the mass of an atomic nucleus is less than the sum of the masses of its constituent particles fundamental measure, fundamental quantity - one of the four quantities that are the basis of systems of measurement
	2.	mass - (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" good deal, great deal, hatful, lot, muckle, passel, peck, mickle, mint, quite a little, slew, spate, tidy sum, wad, stack, raft, mountain, pile, plenty, batch, heap, deal, flock, pot, mess, sight large indefinite amount, large indefinite quantity - an indefinite quantity that is above the average in size or magnitude deluge, flood, inundation, torrent - an overwhelming number or amount; "a flood of requests"; "a torrent of abuse" haymow - a mass of hay piled up in a barn for preservation
	3.	mass - an ill-structured collection of similar things (objects or people) aggregation, collection, accumulation, assemblage - several things grouped together or considered as a whole logjam - an immovable mass of logs blocking a river shock - a bushy thick mass (especially hair); "he had an unruly shock of black hair"
	4.	Mass - (Roman Catholic Church and Protestant Churches) the celebration of the Eucharist religious ceremony, religious ritual - a ceremony having religious meaning High Mass - a solemn and elaborate Mass with music Low Mass - a Mass recited without music Requiem - a Mass celebrated for the dead Church of Rome, Roman Catholic Church, Roman Church, Western Church, Roman Catholic - the Christian Church based in the Vatican and presided over by a pope and an episcopal hierarchy Protestant Church, Protestant - the Protestant churches and denominations collectively
	5.	mass - a body of matter without definite shape; "a huge ice mass" body - an individual 3-dimensional object that has mass and that is distinguishable from other objects; "heavenly body" coprolith, faecalith, fecalith, stercolith - a hard mass of fecal matter drift - a large mass of material that is heaped up by the wind or by water currents mat - a mass that is densely tangled or interwoven; "a mat of weeds and grass" mush, pulp - any soft or soggy mass; "he pounded it to a pulp"
	6.	mass - the common people generally; "separate the warriors from the mass"; "power to the people" hoi polloi, masses, the great unwashed, multitude, people group, grouping - any number of entities (members) considered as a unit laity, temporalty - in Christianity, members of a religious community that do not have the priestly responsibilities of ordained clergy audience - the part of the general public interested in a source of information or entertainment; "every artist needs an audience"; "the broadcast reached an audience of millions" followers, following - a group of followers or enthusiasts
	7.	mass - 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" bulk, volume magnitude - the property of relative size or extent (whether large or small); "they tried to predict the magnitude of the explosion"; "about the magnitude of a small pea" dollar volume, turnover - the volume measured in dollars; "the store's dollar volume continues to rise"
	8.	Mass - a musical setting for a Mass; "they played a Mass composed by Beethoven" High Mass - a solemn and elaborate Mass with music church music, religious music - genre of music composed for performance as part of religious ceremonies Requiem - a musical setting for a Mass celebrating the dead
	9.	Mass - a sequence of prayers constituting the Christian Eucharistic rite; "the priest said Mass" prayer - a fixed text used in praying
Verb	1.	mass - join together into a mass or collect or form a mass; "Crowds were massing outside the palace" press - crowd closely; "The crowds pressed along the street" crowd together, crowd - to gather together in large numbers; "men in straw boaters and waxed mustaches crowded the verandah"
Adj.	1.	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" aggregate, aggregated, aggregative collective - forming a whole or aggregate

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mass

noun 1. lot, collection, load, combination, pile, quantity, bunch, stack, heap, rick, batch, accumulation, stockpile, assemblage, aggregation, conglomeration

noun 2. piece, block, lump, chunk, hunk, concretion

noun 3. majority, body, bulk, best part, greater part, almost all, lion's share, preponderance

noun 4. crowd, group, body, pack, lot, army, host, band, troop, drove, crush, bunch (informal) mob, flock, herd, number, horde, multitude, throng, rabble, assemblage

noun 5. size, matter, weight, extent, dimensions, bulk, magnitude, greatness

adjective 6. large-scale, general, popular, widespread, extensive, universal, wholesale, indiscriminate, pandemic

verb 7. gather, assemble, accumulate, collect, rally, mob, muster, swarm, amass, throng, congregate, foregather >> the masses the multitude, the crowd, the mob, the common people, the great unwashed (derogatory) the hoi polloi, the commonalty

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

Translations

mass [mæs] n (people) → muchedumbre f;

(PHYSICS) → masa;

(REL) → misa (= great quantity); montón m

vi → reunirse;

(MIL) → concentrarse;

the masses → las masas;

to go to mass → ir a or oír misa

mass [mæs] n → multitude f, masse f;

(Physics) → masse;

(Rel) → messe f

cpd [communication] → de masse; [unemployment] → massif/ive

vi → se masser;

masses npl the masses → les masses;

masses of (inf) → des tas de;

to go to mass → aller à la messe

mass [mæs] n → Masse f;

(of people) → Menge f;

(large amount) → Fülle f;

(Rel);

Mass → Messe f cpd → Massen-

vi (troops) → sich massieren;

(protesters) → sich versammeln;

the masses npl (ordinary people) → die Masse, die Massen pl;

to go to Mass → zur Messe gehen;

masses of (inf) → massenhaft, jede Menge

mass [mæs] n → moltitudine f; massa;

(PHYSICS) → massa;

(REL) → messa

vi → ammassarsi;

the masses → le masse;

to go to mass → andare a or alla messa

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mass¹

n mass [mӕs]

1 a large lump or quantity, gathered together a mass of concrete/people.massa, hoeveelheidكُتْلَه كبيرَه ، حَشْدٌ من الناسголямо дозаhromadamasse; mængdedie Masseμάζαmontón, masamass, hulkانبوهmassa, kasa, rykelmäamasגוּשपरिमाणmasa, gomilatömegkumpulanmassi; hrúga; klumpur; fjöldimassaかたまり덩어리, 무리masė, daugybėliels daudzums; (ļaužu) masaskumpulanmassaklump, masse, mengdemasamontemasăкуча, грудаmasamasamasamassaปริมาณมากyığın(聚成一體的)堆、群велика кількість, безлічڈھیرkhối; đống（聚成一体的）堆、群

2 a large quantity I've masses of work / things to do.hopeكميَّه كبيرهголямо количествоspoustamassedie Masseσωρόςmontónpaljuحجم زیادvaltavastimasseהֲמוֹן, הַרבֶּהसमूहmnoštvocsomóbanyakógrynnimassa大量다량, 다수daugybėliels daudzumsbanyakmassamasser avmasamontes degrămadă (de)множество, массаkopamnogogomilaen massa, massorจำนวนมากbir yığın/sürü眾多，大量безлічبڑی مقدارnhiều; đông众多，大量

3 the bulk, principal part or main body The mass of people are in favour of peace.meesteالجُزء الرَّئيسيболшинствоnaprostá většinastørstedeldie Mehrzahlκύριος όγκοςmayoríaenamik, suur hulkقسمت عمدهvaltaosala plus grande partieהַרבֶּה מְאוֹדलोगcijelosttöbbségsebagian besarmeginhlutimoltitudine大部分대부분, 태반didžiuma, daugumavairumssebahagian besarmerendeelflertallet, mestepartenwiększóśćmassacea mai mare parteбольшая частьväčšinavečinavećinastörre delen, flertaletส่วนใหญ่çoğunluk大部份більша частина чогосьایک بڑا حصہđa số; phần lớn大部份

4 (a) measure of the quantity of matter in an object The mass of the rock is 500 kilos.massaكُتْلَهмасаhmotnostmassedie Masseμάζαmasamassجرمmassamasseמַסָהपिंड, ढिर, राशि, समूह, संहति, जनसमूहmasatömegukuran besarnya sesuatumassimassa質量질량masėmasaberatmassamassemasamassamasăмассаhmotnosťmasamasamassaกองkütle質量масаکسی جسم میں مادے کی مقدارkhối lượng质量

v

to bring or come together in large numbers or quantities The troops massed for an attack.saamkomيَحْتَشِدُобединявам сеsoustřeďovat sesamle sigsich sammelnμαζεύω, μαζεύομαιreunirse, congregarsekogunemaجمع شدنkokoontua(se) masserלְהִתאַסֵףएकत्र होनाgomilati, koncentriratiösszegyűjt; összegyűlikmengumpulkansafnast samanammassare, ammassarsi集合する모이다; 모으다telkti(s)sapulcināt; sapulcētiesmengumpulkansamenbrengensamle i store mengderzgromadzić (się)reunir-sea (se) comasaскапливать(ся)sústrediť sazbirati sekoncentrisati sedra samman, samlas, hopa sigรวมตัวเป็นก้อนyığ(ıl)mak, topla(n)mak集中нагромаджувати(ся)اکٹھا کرنا، جمع ہونا یا کرناtập trung集中

adj

of large quantities or numbers mass murder; a mass meeting.massaalجَماعيмасовmasovýmasse-Massen-...μαζικόςmasivo, multitudinario, de masasmassi-گروهjoukko-(de/en) masseהֲמוֹנִיविराट सभा, विशाल सभा, सार्वजनिक सभा (प्राय: राजनीतिक)masovan, skupnitömeg-besar-besaran, masalfjölda-di/in massa*大量の대규모의masinismasveida-; masu-banyakmassa{#169}masse-masowyem massade/în masăмассовыйmasovýmasovenmasovanmass-ซึ่งมีจำนวนมากkitle, toplu大量的масовийبڑی مقدار یا تعداد میںđông; hàng loạt大量的

adj ˌmass-proˈduced

(of goods) all exactly the same and produced in great numbers or quantity mass-produced plastic toys.massavervaardigمَصْنوع بالجُمْلَهмасово произвежданmasově vyrobenýmasseproduceretserienmäßig hergestelltμαζικής παραγωγήςen masa producido, en serie producidomasstoodangu-تولید انبوهmassatavaraen série fabriquéיִיצוּר הֲמוֹנִיबड़ी संख्या में उत्पादितmasovno proizvedentömeg-(cikk)produksi masalfjöldaframleiddurfabbricato/prodotto in serie大量生産の대량 생산되는masiškai gaminamasmasveidā ražotsdikeluarkan dengan besar-besaranin massa geproduceerdmasseprodusertseryjnie produkowanyproduzido em massafabricat în serieмассового/серийного производстваmasovo vyrobenýserijskimasovni proizvedenmassproduceradซึ่งผลิตเป็นจำนวนมากtüm üretilmiş成批生產的такий, що виробляється серійноبڑی مقدار میں پیدا کی گئی معیاری اشیاđược sản xuất hàng loạt成批生产的

v ˌmass-proˈduce

massavervaardigيُنْتِجُ بالجُمْلَهпроизвеждам масовоvyrábět sériověmasseproducereserienmäßig hergestelltπαράγω μαζικάen serie fabricarmassiliselt tootmaتولید انبوه کردنtuottaa suuria määriäen série fabriquerלְיַצֵר יִיצוּר הֲמוֹנִיबड़ी संख्या में उत्पा‍दितmasovno proizvodititömegesen/szériában gyártmemproduksi secara masalfjöldaframleiðafabbricare/produrre in serie大量生産する대량 생산하다masiðkai gamintiražot masveidāmengeluarkan secara besar-besaranin massa producerenmasseprodusereprodukować masowo, seryjnieproduzir em massaa fabrica în serieвыпускать массовую продукциюvyrábať sériovoserijsko izdelatimasovno proizvoditimassproduceraผลิตเป็นจำนวนมากtüm üretmek成批生產виготовляти серійноبڑی مقدار میں تیار کرناsản xuất hàng loạt成批生产

n ˌmass-proˈduction

massavervaardigingإنتاج بالجُمْلَهмасово производствоsériová výrobamasseproduktiondie Serienherstellung, die Massenproduktionμαζική παραγωγήen masa producción, en serie producciónmasstoodangتولید انبوهmassatuotantofabrication en sérieיִיצוּר הֲמוֹנִיबड़ी संख्या में उत्पादनmasovna proizvodnjatömegtermelésproduksi masalfjöldaframleiðslafabbricazione/produzione in serie大量生産대량 생산masinė gamybamasveida ražojumspengeluaran besar-besaranmassaproductiemasseproduksjonmasowa produkcjaprodução em massaмассовое/серийное производствоsériová výrobaserijska proizvodnjamasovna proizvodnjamassproduktionการผลิตเป็นจำนวนมากtüm üretim成批生產серійне виробництвоبڑی مقدار میں صنعتsự sản xuất hàng lọat成批生产

the mass media

those channels of communication (TV, radio, newspapers etc) that reach large numbers of people. massamediaмасмедияرسانه جمعیאֶמצעֵי תִּקשוֹרֶת הֲמוֹנִיִיםअखबार, रेडियो इत्यादिsredstva javnog informiranjatömegkommunikációs eszközök, a média대중 매체media masasredstva javnog informisanjaการสื่อสารมวลชนзасоби масової інформаціїعوام تک پہنچنے والے وسائل اتصالphương tiện thông tin đại chúng