mass


Definition: Meaning of, mass in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / mas /

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mass masses
  1. large amount [countable] a large amount of a substance which does not have a definite or regular shape
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  2. large amount [countable usually singular] a large amount or quantity of something
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  3. large amount masses of something British English informal a large amount of something, or a lot of people or things
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  4. crowd [singular] a large crowd
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  5. the masses all the ordinary people in society who do not have power or influence
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  6. the mass of people/the population/workers etc most of the people in a group or society [=  the majority]
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  7. church ceremony also Mass [uncountable and countable] the main ceremony in some Christian churches, especially the Roman Catholic Church, which celebrates the last meal that Jesus Christ ate
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  8. church ceremony also Mass [countable] a piece of music written to be performed at the ceremony of mass
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  9. science [uncountable] technical the amount of material in something
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  1. involving or intended for a very large number of people
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mass massed massed
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massing masses
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  1. to come together, or to make people or things come together, in a large group [=  gather]
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Mass


Definition: Meaning of, Mass in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / mas /

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  1. Roman Catholic Church and Protestant Churches the celebration of the Eucharist
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  2. a musical setting for a Mass
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  3. a sequence of prayers constituting the Christian Eucharistic rite
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Mass used in phrases

  • Black Mass (noun)
    1. a ceremony performed by people who pray to the Devil, parts of which are similar to the ceremonies performed by Christians
  • High Mass (noun)
    1. a very formal church ceremony in the Roman Catholic Church
  • Low Mass (noun)
    1. a Mass recited without music
  • Mass card (noun)
    1. Roman Catholic Church a card sent to a bereaved family that says the sender has arranged for a Mass to be said in memory of the deceased
  • Midnight Mass (noun)
    1. a special Christian religious service held at midnight on Christmas Eve, to celebrate Christmas and the birth of Christ
  • Planck mass (noun)
    1. physics the unit of mass in natural units; 2.17644e-8 Kg or 1.221e19 GeV
  • air mass (noun)
    1. a large body of air with uniform characteristics horizontally
  • atomic mass (noun)
    1. chemistry the mass of an atom of a chemical element expressed in atomic mass units
  • atomic mass unit (noun)
    1. unit of mass for expressing masses of atoms or molecules
  • body mass index (noun)
    1. a number reflecting human weight in relationship to height, defined as weight in kilograms divided by the square of the height in meters
    2. a measure of someone's weight in relation to height; to calculate one's BMI, multiply one's weight in pounds by 703 and divide that by the square of one's height in inches; overweight is a BMI greater than 25; obese is a BMI greater than 30
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