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From Old English mæsse, from Late Latin missa, noun use of feminine past participle of classical Latin mittere (“‘release, dismiss’”).
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- (US) IPA: /mæs/, SAMPA: /m{s/
- (UK) IPA: /mæs/ or /mɑːs/, SAMPA: /m{s/ or /mA:s/
Audio (US) noicon (file) - Rhymes: -æs
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- Template:Religion The Eucharist, now especially in Roman Catholicism.
- (religion) Celebration of the Eucharist.
- (religion, usually as the Mass) The sacrament of the Eucharist.
- A musical setting of parts of the mass.
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to Mass (third-person singular simple present mass, present participle es, simple past and past participle -)
- (intransitive, obsolete) To celebrate mass.
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Etymology 2[]
From Template:Xno[[Category:Template:Xno derivations|Mass]] [[masse#Template:Xno|masse]], from Latin massa (“‘lump, dough’”), from Ancient Greek μᾶζα (maza), “‘barley-cake’”).
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- 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 date for this quote is being sought): Sir Isaac Newton — If it were not for these principles, the bodies of the earth, planets, comets, sun, and all things in them, would grow cold and freeze, and become inactive masses
- (A date for this quote is being sought): Savile — A deep mass of continual sea is slower stirred to rage
- A large quantity; a sum.
- (A date for this quote is being sought): Sir Walter Raleigh| — All the mass of gold that comes into Spain.
- (A date for this quote is being sought): Sir John Davies — He had spent a huge mass of treasure.
- Bulk; magnitude; body; size.
- (A date for this quote is being sought): Shakespeare, Hamlet, IV,iv — This army of such mass and charge
- The principal part; the main body.
- (A date for this quote is being sought): Benjamin Jowett (Thucydides) — Night closed upon the pursuit, and aided the mass of the fugitives in their escape
- (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.
- 1988, Steve Holman, "Christian Conquers Columbus", Ironman 47 (6): 28-34.
- After all, muscle maniacs go "ga ga" over mass no matter how it's presented.
- 1988, Steve Holman, "Christian Conquers Columbus", Ironman 47 (6): 28-34.
See also[]
- Customary units: slug, pound, ounce, long ton (1.12 short tons), short ton (commonly used)
- Metric units: gram (g), kilogram (kg), metric ton
Derived terms[]
- blue mass See under blue
- critical mass
- mass center (Geometry): the center of gravity of a triangle
- mass copper, native copper in a large mass
- Planck mass
- the masses, the great body of the people, as contrasted with the higher classes; the populace.
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to Mass (third-person singular simple present mass, present participle es, simple past and past participle -)
- (transitive) To form or collect into a mass; to form into a collective body; to bring together into masses; to assemble.
- (A date for this quote is being sought): Coleridge — But mass them together and they are terrible indeed.
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External links[]
- Mass in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- Mass in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
Anagrams[]
- amss,
- ASMS
- sams
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