Definition of mass- in English English dictionary
- (Roman Catholic Church and Protestant Churches) the celebration of the Eucharist
- From the Latin for "sending," a word for the central liturgical worship service in the church Based upon the Last Supper, and linked inseparably to the sacrifice offered by Christ on the cross The solemn prayer and familiar rituals were doubtless beneficial to the spiritual lives of even the most uneducated medieval churchgoers The paintings, statues, stained glass windows and music would have offered much in the way of material for reflection even for those who could not understand the Latin Liturgical drama, with its costumes and props (swaddling clothes, an empty tomb, etc ) informed the senses as well as the mind The repetitive parts of the service would have been in Latin, and the faithful could usually expect a sermon in the vernacular, since even many priests found Latin a difficult language to use informally
- The dimension of mass is often considered similar to the weight of an object However, weight is actually the force due to the acceleration of gravity To define mass more specifically, it is necessary to use Newton's second law of motion: F = Ma This can be transposed to M = F/a, which states that the mass is defined by how much force is necessary for a given amount of acceleration
- join together into a mass or collect or form a mass; "Crowds were massing outside the palace"
- Main service of the Roman Catholic Church, commemorating Christ's death and resurrection High Mass is sung, Low Mass is spoken
- A measure of the total amount of material in a body This is determined by either its inertial properties or by its gravitational interaction with another body
- the quantity of matter in a body as measured by inertia
- The musical setting of the Roman Catholic Church service, usually just the ordinary, but sometimes also the proper
- a sequence of prayers constituting the Christian eucharistic rite; "the priest said Mass"
- The amount of matter in an object It can be expressed in math as the total weight of the atoms or molecules in the object
- a musical setting for a Mass; "they played a Mass composed by Beethoven"
- A measure of an object's resistance to acceleration; different from but proportional to the object's weight mass number - The total number of neutrons and protons in the nucleus of an atom mass spectrometry - The experimental determination of the mass of an atom or molecule by observing its behavior as it is accelerated in a magnetic field mass spectrum - A graph obtained from a mass spectrophotometer that shows the atomic or molecular mass of the sample vs the number of atoms or molecules having that mass mean - A number that typifies a set of numbers of which it is a function The value obtained by dividing the sum of a set of quantities by the number of quantities in the set
- the common people generally; "separate the warriors from the mass"; "power to the people"
- 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"
- Amount of matter an object contains On earth, this is measured as weight which is the amount of the force of gravity acting on the mass
- an intrinsic property of an object that measures its resistance to an acceleration Mass is measured in units of kilograms
- the quantity of matter in a body as measured by its resistance to a change in acceleration; different but proportional to weight
- From the Latin word, missa, meaning "sent," or "dismissed " Mass is the Roman Catholic name for the Christian sacramental meal but sometimes used by Episcopalians to refer to communion or Eucharist The word probably originated from the ending of the old Roman Catholic liturgy, where the celebrant proclaimed, "Ite missa est "
- an ill-structured collection of similar things (objects or people)
- The mass is a measure of how much 'stuff' something contains This shouldn't be confused with weight, which is a measure of the force of gravity on an object An apple weighs more on Jupiter than it does on Earth because Jupiter's gravity is stronger However, the apple always has the same mass, no matter where it is We can't measure the weight of a planet simply because in space, the concept of weight is meaningless! Weight is measured in terms of the attraction of one body to another In other words, in order to "weigh" Jupiter, you'd have to have it sitting on a scale on the Earth!
- gathered or tending to gather into a mass or whole; "aggregate expenses include expenses of all divisions combined for the entire year"; "the aggregated amount of indebtedness"
- the Roman Catholic name for the Christian sacramental meal but sometimes used by conservative Episcopalians to refer to communion or eucharist
- A measure of the quantity of matter The total number of protons and neutrons in the nucleus of an atom Approximately equal to the atomic weight
- a body of matter without definite shape; "a huge ice mass"
- A measure of the amount of matter in an object Mass is usually measured in grams or kilograms
- occurring widely (as to many people); "mass destruction"
- A measure of the total amount of material in a body, defined either by the inertial properties of the body or by its gravitational influence on other bodies
- the property of a body that causes it to have weight in a gravitational field
- A quantitative measure of a body's resistance to being accelerated; equal to the inverse ratio of the body's actual acceleration to the acceleration of a standard mass under otherwise identical conditions
- (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"; "it must have cost plenty"
- a measure of the amount of matter
- A basic property of matter It is a measure of an object's resistance to acceleration On Earth's surface, an object's mass is different from, but proportional to, its weight M31 (Andromeda): The nearest large spiral galaxy to our own Milky Way Galaxy Magellanic Clouds: Two nearby, small, irregular galaxies that are gravitationally bound to the Milky Way Galaxy and visible to the naked eye from the southern hemisphere Main Sequence: The stable phase of a star's lifetime, when outward pressure from internal fusion process using hydrogen for fuel is balanced by the inward force of self-gravitation This phase is usually the longest phase of a star's lifetime Our Sun is a main sequence star
- The property of a body that is a measure of its inertia (lacking the power to move) and that is commonly taken as a measure of the amount of material it contains and causes it to have weight within Earth's gravity (Mass is different from "weight " What you weigh has to do with gravity; your mass is measured without gravity )
- A measure of the quantity of matter; a fundamental physical quantity
- The quantity of matter in an object
- <span class="word-self">massspan>-energy
- Mass and energy as a unified concept
For equations normalized with Planck units, the quantities of mass and energy become numerically identical, revealing their true nature as mass-energy.
- <span class="word-self">massspan>-energy
- mass-to-energy
Mass-energy conversion occurs during nuclear fusion and fission.
- <span class="word-self">massspan>-energy
- The energy associated with any given mass according to special relativity, E = mc2
- <span class="word-self">massspan>-market
- Of or relating to a product that is produced in large numbers, and is designed to appeal to many different people
- <span class="word-self">massspan>-noun
- Attributive form of mass noun, noun
- <span class="word-self">massspan>-produce
- To manufacture (something) on a large scale, especially by using assembly lines
- <span class="word-self">massspan>-produced
- Simple past tense and past participle of mass-produce
- <span class="word-self">massspan>-produced
- produced by mass production
- <span class="word-self">massspan>-produce
- If someone mass-produces something, they make it in large quantities, usually by machine. This means that the product can be sold cheaply. the invention of machinery to mass-produce footwear. + mass-produced mass-produced the first mass-produced mountain bike
- <span class="word-self">massspan>-produce
- produce on a large scale
- <span class="word-self">massspan>-produce
- Manufacture in large quantities often by or as if by assembly-line techniques
- <span class="word-self">massspan>-action principle
- (neruology) the principle that the cortex of the brain operates as a coordinated system with large masses of neural tissue involved in all complex functioning
- <span class="word-self">massspan>-energy equivalence
- (physics) the principle that a measured quantity of mass is equivalent (according to relativity theory) to a measured quantity of energy
- <span class="word-self">massspan>-market
- designed for sale to as wide a range of people as possible mass-market paperback/novel/film etc
- <span class="word-self">massspan>-produced
- produced in quantity often by assembly-line techniques
- <span class="word-self">massspan>-produced
- produced in large numbers using machinery, so that each object is the same and can be sold cheaply mass production
- <span class="word-self">massspan>-spectrometric
- relating to or involving a mass spectrometer
- Critical <span class="word-self">Massspan>
- A direct action event in which bicycle riders travel through city streets as a group
- D. <span class="word-self">Massspan>.
- United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts, as used in case citations
- Earth <span class="word-self">massspan>
- The unit of mass equal to that of the Earth. 1 M⊕ = 5.9742 × 1024 kg
- High <span class="word-self">Massspan>
- A Roman Catholic Mass celebrated in full ceremonial form, in which the celebrant is assisted by a deacon and a subdeacon and accompanied by acolytes, a thurifer, and a choir
- High <span class="word-self">Massspan>
- A Missa Cantata or sung Mass
- Jupiter <span class="word-self">massspan>
- The unit of mass equal to the total mass of the planet Jupiter, 1.8986 * 1027 kg
- <span class="word-self">Massspan>
- 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. One of the seven sacraments
- <span class="word-self">Massspan>
- A musical composition set to portions of the Mass
- <span class="word-self">Massspan>
- A similar ceremony offered by a number of Christian sects
- <span class="word-self">Massspan> card
- A religious card that states that a Catholic Mass has been said in honour of a dead person, or as a request for special favours such as improved health or success in a worldly endeavour
- accelerator <span class="word-self">massspan> spectrometry
- A form of mass spectrometry in which ions are accelerated to extraordinarily high kinetic energies before mass analysis
- air <span class="word-self">massspan>
- a widespread body of air, the properties of which can be identified as:
undergoing specific modifications while in transit away from the source region. An air mass is often defined as a widespread body of air that is approximately homogeneous in its horizontal extent, particularly with reference to temperature and moisture distribution; in addition, the vertical temperature and moisture variations are approximately the same over its horizontal extent.
- air <span class="word-self">massspan> classification
- mAw maritime-arctic-warm
- air <span class="word-self">massspan> classification
- cTw continental-tropical-warm
- air <span class="word-self">massspan> classification
- mTw maritime-tropical-warm
- air <span class="word-self">massspan> classification
- Meteorology. a system used to identify and to characterize the different air masses according to a basic scheme. A number of systems have been proposed, but the Bergeron classification has been the most widely accepted. In this system, air masses are designated first according to the thermal properties of their source regions: tropical (T); polar (P); and less frequently, arctic or antarctic (A). For characterizing the moisture distribution, air masses are distinguished as to continental (c) and maritime (m) source regions. Further classification according to whether the air is cold (k) or warm (w) relative to the surface over which it is moving indicates the low-level stability conditions of the air, the type of modification from below, and is also related to the weather occurring within the air mass. This outline of classification yields the following identifiers for air masses:
- air <span class="word-self">massspan> classification
- cAk continental-arctic-cold
- air <span class="word-self">massspan> classification
- cPk continental-polar-cold
- air <span class="word-self">massspan> classification
- mPk maritime-polar-cold
- air <span class="word-self">massspan> classification
- cPw continental-polar-warm
- air <span class="word-self">massspan> classification
- mTk maritime-tropical-cold
- air <span class="word-self">massspan> classification
- mAk maritime-arctic-cold
- air <span class="word-self">massspan> classification
- cAw continental-arctic-warm
- air <span class="word-self">massspan> classification
- cTk continental-tropical-cold
- air <span class="word-self">massspan> classification
- mPw maritime-polar-warm
- atomic <span class="word-self">massspan>
- atomic weight; the average mass of atoms of an element
- atomic <span class="word-self">massspan>
- The mass of an atom
- atomic <span class="word-self">massspan> unit
- a unit of mass equal to 1/12 the mass of an atom of the 12C isotope of carbon
- atomic <span class="word-self">massspan> units
- plural form of atomic mass unit
- average atomic <span class="word-self">massspan>
- The weighted average of the atomic masses of the naturally occurring isotopes of an element
- body <span class="word-self">massspan> index
- a statistical measure of the weight of a person scaled according to height, used to estimate if a person is underweight or overweight. BMI units are defined as \mathrm{kg}/\mathrm{m}^2 ≈ \mathrm{703*lb}/\mathrm{in}^2
- body <span class="word-self">massspan> indices
- plural form of body mass index
- center of <span class="word-self">massspan>
- US spelling of centre of mass
- centers of <span class="word-self">massspan>
- plural form of center of mass
- centre of <span class="word-self">massspan>
- a point, near, or within a body at which the object's mass can be assumed to be concentrated; it coincides with the centroid for a body of uniform density, and with the centre of gravity in a uniform gravitational field
- conservation of <span class="word-self">massspan>
- A conservation law of classical physics that states that the total mass of a closed system remains constant regardless of the chemical or physical changes that take place within it
- conservation-of-<span class="word-self">massspan>
- Attributive form of conservation of mass
It can be seen by inspection of the equations (6.6) that a conservation-of-mass law is satisfied: noting that in the usual experiment x_2\left(0\right)=0=x_3\left(0\right), it is x_1\left(t\right)+x_2\left(t\right)+x_3\left(t\right)=x_1\left(0\right).
- consume <span class="word-self">massspan> quantities
- To eat or drink abundant amounts of food or beverage
Suppose that A chooses, aftern returning from numerous expeditions to the shopping mall, to consume mass quantities of cheap beer while watching television, whereas B reads good nonfiction.
- consume <span class="word-self">massspan> quantities
- To use large amounts of any resource
The implication has often been that they need to consume mass quantities of fast-paced sound, graphics and animation.
- coronal <span class="word-self">massspan> ejection
- A massive burst of solar wind, other light isotope plasma, and magnetic fields rising above the solar corona or being released into space
- coronal <span class="word-self">massspan> ejections
- plural form of coronal mass ejection
- critical <span class="word-self">massspan>
- the amount of fissile material that is needed to support a self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction
- critical <span class="word-self">massspan>
- A quantity or amount required to trigger a phenomenon
- en <span class="word-self">massspan>
- Common misspelling of en masse
- initial <span class="word-self">massspan> function
- a relationship that specifies the mass distribution of a newly formed stellar population
- <span class="word-self">massspan>
- Excess body weight, especially in the form of muscle hypertrophy
After all, muscle maniacs go ga ga over mass no matter how it's presented.
- <span class="word-self">massspan>
- A palpable or visible abnormal globular structure; a tumor
- <span class="word-self">massspan>
- Involving a large quantity, or a large number
- <span class="word-self">massspan>
- Celebration of the Eucharist
- <span class="word-self">massspan>
- To form or collect into a mass; to form into a collective body; to bring together into masses; to assemble
Can we this quote? Coleridge — But mass them together and they are terrible indeed.
- <span class="word-self">massspan>
- A medicinal substance made into a cohesive, homogeneous lump, of consistency suitable for making pills; as, blue mass
- <span class="word-self">massspan>
- 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; as, a mass of ore, metal, sand, or water
A deep mass of continual sea is slower stirred to rage.
- <span class="word-self">massspan>
- The sacrament of the Eucharist
- <span class="word-self">massspan>
- The principal part; the main body
Night closed upon the pursuit, and aided the mass of the fugitives in their escape.
- <span class="word-self">massspan>
- 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
- <span class="word-self">massspan>
- A musical setting of parts of the mass
- <span class="word-self">massspan>
- A large quantity; a sum
He had spent a huge mass of treasure.
- <span class="word-self">massspan>
- Bulk; magnitude; body; size
- <span class="word-self">massspan>
- The Eucharist, now especially in Roman Catholicism
- <span class="word-self">massspan>
- To celebrate mass
- <span class="word-self">massspan> burial
- Burial of multiple bodies in a mass grave
- <span class="word-self">massspan> culture
- popular culture
- <span class="word-self">massspan> defect
- the difference between the mass of an atom and the sum of the masses of its individual components in the free state; equivalent to the binding energy
- <span class="word-self">massspan> destruction
- Killing of large numbers of people
- <span class="word-self">massspan> energy
- The energy present in an object because of its mass
Even a minuscule quantity of matter contains an incredible amount of mass energy.
- <span class="word-self">massspan> extinction
- A sharp decrease in the total number of species in a relatively short period of time
- <span class="word-self">massspan> extinctions
- plural form of mass extinction
- <span class="word-self">massspan> flow
- the net movement of material matter from one location to another
- <span class="word-self">massspan> funeral
- The formalities that accompany a mass burial
- <span class="word-self">massspan> grave
- a grave containing many human corpses, either as the result of natural disaster or war
- <span class="word-self">massspan> graves
- plural form of mass grave
- <span class="word-self">massspan> hysteria
- The sociopsychological phenomenon in which a large group of people exhibit the same or similar hysterical symptoms simultaneously
- <span class="word-self">massspan> media
- Collectively, the communications media, especially television, radio, and newspapers, that reach the mass of the people
- <span class="word-self">massspan> medium
- Any means of public communication that reaches a large audience
The movie is to dramatic representation what the book was to the manuscript. It makes available to many and at many times and places what otherwise would be restricted to a few at few times and places. The movie, like the book, is a ditto device. TV shows to 50,000,000 simultaneously. Some feel that the value of experiencing a book is diminished by being extended to many minds. This notion is always implicit in the phrases mass media, mass entertainment—useless phrases obscuring the fact that English itself is a mass medium. —Marshall McLuhan|Marshall McLuhan]] in Classroom without Walls, Explorations in Communication.
- <span class="word-self">massspan> murder
- The killing of a large number of people over a short period of time
- <span class="word-self">massspan> murderer
- Someone who commits a mass murder
- <span class="word-self">massspan> murderers
- plural form of mass murderer
- <span class="word-self">massspan> murders
- plural form of mass murder
- <span class="word-self">massspan> noun
- A noun that normally cannot be counted
- <span class="word-self">massspan> nouns
- plural form of mass noun
- <span class="word-self">massspan> number
- The total number of protons and neutrons in an atomic nucleus
- <span class="word-self">massspan> of maneuver
- A body of troops held in military reserve by a general for striking a blow on an exposed flank or wherever the enemy reveals a weak spot
- <span class="word-self">massspan> shift
- The portion of an isotope shift produced by the changing mass of a nucleus upon the addition of a neutron
- <span class="word-self">massspan> shifts
- plural form of mass shift
- <span class="word-self">massspan> spectrograph
- A mass spectrometer
- <span class="word-self">massspan> spectrographs
- plural form of mass spectrograph
- <span class="word-self">massspan> spectrometer
- A device used in mass spectrometry to discover the mass spectrum of a given substance
- <span class="word-self">massspan> spectrometry
- An analytical technique that measures the mass / charge ratio of the ions formed when a molecule or atom is ionized, vaporized and introduced into a vacuum. Mass spectrometry may also involve breaking molecules into fragments - thus enabling its structure to be determined
- <span class="word-self">massspan> spectrum
- The output of a mass spectrometer
- <span class="word-self">massspan> starvation
- The starvation of a large proportion of a region's population due to drought, warfare, famine or similar events
- <span class="word-self">massspan> surveillance
- The pervasive surveillance of an entire population, or a substantial fraction thereof
- <span class="word-self">massspan> transit
- A large-scale transportation system in which the passengers do not travel in their own vehicles
- <span class="word-self">massspan> transits
- plural form of mass transit
- <span class="word-self">massspan> transportation
- Method of transport, usually public, that carries people in greater quantities than a typical private method such as car
The wider use of mass transportation systems is believed by many to be a good way of economising on fuel.
- <span class="word-self">massspan> wasting
- the movement downslope of soil and rock in response to gravity
- molecular <span class="word-self">massspan>
- The mass of an individual molecule of an element or compound
- point <span class="word-self">massspan>
- A theoretical point with mass assigned to it
- probability <span class="word-self">massspan> function
- A function that gives the relative probability that a discrete random variable is exactly equal to some value
- relative atomic <span class="word-self">massspan>
- ratio of the atomic mass of one atom of an isotope to 1/12 (one twelfth) the mass of a Carbon-12 atom
- relativistic <span class="word-self">massspan>
- the increased mass of an object moving at relativistic speed relative to an observer
- rest <span class="word-self">massspan>
- the mass of a body when it is not moving relative to an observer
- sample <span class="word-self">massspan>
- the weight of a sample
- secondary ion <span class="word-self">massspan> spectrometry
- A technique used to visualize the three-dimensional structure of solids by employing an energetic ion beam to fragment the atomic or molecular constituents from a surface
- signed <span class="word-self">Massspan> card
- A Mass card that has been signed or stamped by a priest or other parish officer, to show that a donation has been made to the parish, and that it has been recordered in the book of prayers
- solar <span class="word-self">massspan>
- a unit, equal to the mass of the sun, used to express the mass of other stars etc
- time-of-flight <span class="word-self">massspan> spectrometry
- a technique of separating ions of different masses by measuring the time taken to traverse a fixed distance through a magnetic field
- very low <span class="word-self">massspan> star
- a protium-fusing star with minimal mass, which is fully convective, able to process its entire hydrogen supply
- very low <span class="word-self">massspan> stars
- plural form of very low mass star
- weapon of <span class="word-self">massspan> destruction
- A chemical, biological, radiological nuclear or other weapon that is designed to cause death or serious injury to large numbers of civilians
- weapons of <span class="word-self">massspan> destruction
- plural form of weapon of mass destruction
- working <span class="word-self">massspan>
- The total mass of the burnt fuel etc. ejected from a rocket to provide thrust
- critical <span class="word-self">massspan>
- (social dynamics) A sufficient number of adopters of an innovation in a social system so that the rate of adoption becomes self-sustaining and creates further growth
- <span class="word-self">Massspan>
- {i} Catholic prayer services
- <span class="word-self">massspan>
- The dimension of mass is often considered similar to the weight of an object However, weight is actually the force due to the acceleration of gravity To define mass more specifically, it is necessary to use Newton's second law of motion: F = Ma This can be transposed to M = F/a, which states that the mass is defined by how much force is necessary for a given amount of acceleration
- <span class="word-self">massspan>
- occurring widely (as to many people); "mass destruction
- <span class="word-self">massspan> flow
- or convection In physiology, the mechanism responsible for movement of air from the atmosphere into the lungs and for movement of blood between the lungs and the tissues. It is one of two principal mechanisms of exchange by which oxygen and carbon dioxide move between the environment and the tissues, the other being diffusion. Local flows (e.g., through skeletal muscles during exercise) can be increased selectively, increasing the exchange of gases between tissue cells and the capillaries
- <span class="word-self">massspan> produce
- {f} produce large quantities of goods
- <span class="word-self">massspan>
- {n} a lump, the service of the Romish church
- <span class="word-self">massspan>
- {v} to celebrate or frequent mass
- air <span class="word-self">massspan>
- In meteorology, an air mass is a large volume of air having fairly uniform characteristics of temperature, atmospheric pressure, and water vapor content. Air masses cover many hundreds or thousands of square miles, and slowly change in accordance with the terrain they are over
- <span class="word-self">massspan>
- an ill-structured collection of similar things (objects or people) a body of matter without definite shape; "a huge ice mass"
- <span class="word-self">massspan> wasting
- (Or mass movement) Bulk movements of soil and rock debris down slopes, or the sinking of confined areas of the Earth's ground surface. The term mass wasting refers only to gravity-driven processes that move large masses of earthen material from one place to another. The term mass movement includes the sinking of confined areas
- tuned <span class="word-self">massspan> damper
- A tuned mass damper, or harmonic absorber, is a device mounted in structures to prevent discomfort, damage or outright structural failure by vibration. Typically, the dampers are huge concrete blocks mounted in skyscrapers or other structures, and moved in opposition to the resonance frequency oscillations of the structure by means of springs, fluid or pendulums. High-tension lines often have small barbell-shaped Stockbridge dampers hanging from the wires
- <span class="word-self">massspan>
- Mass is a Christian church ceremony, especially in a Roman Catholic or Orthodox church, during which people eat bread and drink wine in order to remember the last meal of Jesus Christ. She attended a convent school and went to Mass each day. see also massed, critical mass, land mass. Massachusetts. W3 involving or intended for a very large number of people. Quantitative measure of inertia, or the resistance of a body to a change in motion. The greater the mass, the smaller is the change produced by an applied force. Unlike weight, the mass of an object remains constant regardless of its location. Thus, as a satellite moves away from the gravitational pull of the Earth, its weight decreases but its mass remains the same. In ordinary, classical chemical reactions, mass can be neither created nor destroyed. The sum of the masses of the reactants is always equal to the sum of the masses of the products. For example, the mass of wood and oxygen that disappears in combustion is equal to the mass of water vapour, carbon dioxide, smoke, and ash that appears. However, Albert Einstein's special theory of relativity shows that mass and energy are equivalent, so mass can be converted into energy and vice versa. Mass is converted into energy in nuclear fusion and nuclear fission. In these instances, conservation of mass is seen as a special case of a more general conservation of mass-energy. See also critical mass. Celebration of the Eucharist in the Roman Catholic church. It is considered a sacramental reenactment of the death and resurrection of Jesus as well as a true sacrifice in which the body and blood of Jesus (the bread and wine) are offered to God. It is also seen as a sacred meal that unifies and nourishes the community of believers. The mass includes readings from Scripture, a sermon, an offertory, a eucharistic prayer, and communion. The rite was greatly changed after the Second Vatican Council, notably in the adoption of vernacular languages in place of Latin. See also sacrament, transubstantiation. air mass critical mass Einstein's mass energy relation mass action law of mass flow mass movement mass wasting mass production mass spectrometry mass spectroscopy mass transit requiem mass
- <span class="word-self">massspan>
- The sacrifice in the sacrament of the Eucharist, or the consecration and oblation of the host
- <span class="word-self">massspan>
- (Roman Catholic Church and Protestant Churches) the celebration of the Eucharist
- <span class="word-self">massspan>
- Main service of the Roman Catholic Church, commemorating Christ's death and resurrection High Mass is sung, Low Mass is spoken
- <span class="word-self">massspan>
- {i} large amount of unspecified size; greatness of size, bulk, magnitude; lump; crowd, common people; abundance, overflow
- <span class="word-self">massspan>
- The amount of matter in an object It can be expressed in math as the total weight of the atoms or molecules in the object
- <span class="word-self">massspan>
- a measure of the amount of matter
- <span class="word-self">massspan>
- Masses of something means a great deal of it. There's masses of work for her to do It has masses of flowers each year
- <span class="word-self">massspan>
- The mass is a measure of how much 'stuff' something contains This shouldn't be confused with weight, which is a measure of the force of gravity on an object An apple weighs more on Jupiter than it does on Earth because Jupiter's gravity is stronger However, the apple always has the same mass, no matter where it is We can't measure the weight of a planet simply because in space, the concept of weight is meaningless! Weight is measured in terms of the attraction of one body to another In other words, in order to "weigh" Jupiter, you'd have to have it sitting on a scale on the Earth!
- <span class="word-self">massspan>
- The musical setting of the Roman Catholic Church service, usually just the ordinary, but sometimes also the proper
- <span class="word-self">massspan>
- a sequence of prayers constituting the Christian eucharistic rite; "the priest said Mass"
- <span class="word-self">massspan>
- If you talk about the masses, you mean the ordinary people in society, in contrast to the leaders or the highly educated people. His music is commercial. It is aimed at the masses
- <span class="word-self">massspan>
- a musical setting for a Mass; "they played a Mass composed by Beethoven"
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- A mass of things is a large number of them grouped together. On his desk is a mass of books and papers
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- (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"; "it must have cost plenty"
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- The mass of people are most of the people in a country, society, or group. The 1939-45 world war involved the mass of the population = bulk, majority
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- A measure of the quantity of matter The total number of protons and neutrons in the nucleus of an atom Approximately equal to the atomic weight
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- gathered or tending to gather into a mass or whole; "aggregate expenses include expenses of all divisions combined for the entire year"; "the aggregated amount of indebtedness"
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- occurring widely (as to many people); "mass destruction"
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- an intrinsic property of an object that measures its resistance to an acceleration Mass is measured in units of kilograms
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- A measure of the total amount of material in a body, defined either by the inertial properties of the body or by its gravitational influence on other bodies
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- the property of a body that causes it to have weight in a gravitational field
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- In physics, the mass of an object is the amount of physical matter that it has. Astronomers know that Pluto and Triton have nearly the same size, mass, and density
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- A measure of the quantity of matter; a fundamental physical quantity
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- From the Latin word, missa, meaning "sent," or "dismissed " Mass is the Roman Catholic name for the Christian sacramental meal but sometimes used by Episcopalians to refer to communion or Eucharist The word probably originated from the ending of the old Roman Catholic liturgy, where the celebrant proclaimed, "Ite missa est "
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- The portions of the Mass usually set to music, considered as a musical composition; namely, the Kyrie, the Gloria, the Credo, the Sanctus, and the Agnus Dei, besides sometimes an Offertory and the Benedictus
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- A mass of a solid substance, a liquid, or a gas is an amount of it, especially a large amount which has no definite shape. before it cools and sets into a solid mass The fourteenth century cathedral was reduced to a mass of rubble
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- The quantity of matter in an object
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- join together into a mass or collect or form a mass; "Crowds were massing outside the palace"
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- the common people generally; "separate the warriors from the mass"; "power to the people"
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- A measure of an object's resistance to acceleration; different from but proportional to the object's weight mass number - The total number of neutrons and protons in the nucleus of an atom mass spectrometry - The experimental determination of the mass of an atom or molecule by observing its behavior as it is accelerated in a magnetic field mass spectrum - A graph obtained from a mass spectrophotometer that shows the atomic or molecular mass of the sample vs the number of atoms or molecules having that mass mean - A number that typifies a set of numbers of which it is a function The value obtained by dividing the sum of a set of quantities by the number of quantities in the set
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- A mass of something is a large amount of it. She had a mass of auburn hair
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- The quantity of matter which a body contains, irrespective of its bulk or volume
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- From the Latin for "sending," a word for the central liturgical worship service in the church Based upon the Last Supper, and linked inseparably to the sacrifice offered by Christ on the cross The solemn prayer and familiar rituals were doubtless beneficial to the spiritual lives of even the most uneducated medieval churchgoers The paintings, statues, stained glass windows and music would have offered much in the way of material for reflection even for those who could not understand the Latin Liturgical drama, with its costumes and props (swaddling clothes, an empty tomb, etc ) informed the senses as well as the mind The repetitive parts of the service would have been in Latin, and the faithful could usually expect a sermon in the vernacular, since even many priests found Latin a difficult language to use informally
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- A measure of the amount of matter in an object Mass is usually measured in grams or kilograms
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- (Roman Catholic Church and Protestant Churches) the celebration of the Eucharist the property of a body that causes it to have weight in a gravitational field a sequence of prayers constituting the Christian eucharistic rite; "the priest said Mass"
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- The property of a body that is a measure of its inertia (lacking the power to move) and that is commonly taken as a measure of the amount of material it contains and causes it to have weight within Earth's gravity (Mass is different from "weight " What you weigh has to do with gravity; your mass is measured without gravity )
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- 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"
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- If you say that something is a mass of things, you mean that it is covered with them or full of them. In the spring, the meadow is a mass of daffodils
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- the Roman Catholic name for the Christian sacramental meal but sometimes used by conservative Episcopalians to refer to communion or eucharist
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- an ill-structured collection of similar things (objects or people)
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- {s} relating to or designed for the mass of people, large-scale, widespread, popular
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- Mass is used to describe something which involves or affects a very large number of people. ideas on combating mass unemployment weapons of mass destruction
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- the quantity of matter in a body as measured by inertia
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- {f} amass, collect; condense; assemble into one group; concentrate or be concentrated; throng, crowd