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English Dictionary (1-3 of 3)
- mass
- [mæs]
- 1. a large coherent body of matter without a definite shape
- 2. a collection of the component parts of something
- 3. a large amount or number, such as a great body of people
- 4. the main part or majority
- 5. the size of a body; bulk
- 6. 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,...
- Mass
- [mæs]
- 1. (in the Roman Catholic Church and certain Protestant Churches) the celebration of the Eucharist - See also High Mass Low Mass
- 2. a musical setting of those parts of the Eucharistic service sung by choir or congregation
- 3. 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 dismissal
- to manufacture (goods) to a standardized pattern on a large scale by means of extensive mechanization and division of labour
Examples (1-5 of 16)
- the critical mass for a subscription digital sports channel → critical mass
- factitious demands created by the mass media → factitious
- High Mass → high
- the mass of the people voted against the government's policy → mass
- mass hysteria → mass
