mass
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2.9
- noun
- /mæs/
:
masa
- It's the kind of swirling mass of gas and dust and stars.
- large mass
- soft-tissue mass
- tissue mass
So they have this salsa like acid mass for blemish prone skin.
- So they have this salsa like acid mass for blemish prone skin.
- And they went, Oh my God, there's this huge mass pressing against your heart.
Examples
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The researchers measured the mass of the asteroid to understand its composition.
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Tremendous, enormous mass of flame.
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Where could all that mass possibly be going?
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By all accounts, it's at least a thousand times its original mass.
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That is three times the mass of Jupiter.
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So you're dealing with a large mass of liquid.
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As muscle is the main site of glucose consumption, reduced muscle mass leads to increased insulin resistance.
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Upon examination, a tender, immobile mass was detected in the right preauricular region.
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On the kitchen counter, there was a large mass of dough rising in a bowl.
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The massive mass of snow that fell last night made the roads impassable.
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- Formal
96
4.8
A thing that can kill or injure many people, like nuclear, chemical and biological devices
- Specialized
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5.7
Point in an object where we think its mass is concentrated for balance and movement
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4
3.2
A number that shows if a person's weight is healthy for their height
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3
5.5
A machine that measures the masses of charged particles from a sample
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3
3.4
A large area of air with about the same temperature, humidity, and pressure
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6.2
The smallest amount of nuclear material needed to start and keep a chain reaction
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3.6
A number that tells how heavy one atom of an element is in atomic mass units
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4.0
The total mass in a system that does not gain or lose matter stays the same over time
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1
4.9
A computer attack that can damage systems and harm many people
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1
8.6
A measure of how hard it is to change an object's motion when a force pushes it
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7.4
The amount of matter in an object measured when it is not moving, not how heavy it feels
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The speed of a chemical reaction depends on the amounts of the substances that react
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The mass difference between a nucleus inside an atom and the total mass of its protons and neutrons
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Amount of mass missing when protons and neutrons join and release energy
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A word that names something you cannot count and usually has no plural form
A system of underground or above ground trains that carries many people quickly
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A machine that separates tiny charged parts of atoms by mass and shows them on a graph
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A theory that large areas of the brain work together for complex tasks
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The idea that mass can turn into energy and energy can turn into mass
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A measure of how strongly an object pulls other objects by gravity
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The mass of an atom compared with one twelfth of a carbon-12 atom
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The mass of all the atoms in one molecule compared with one twelfth of a carbon-12 atom
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The mass a moving object seems to have as its speed gets near the speed of light
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Etymology
Mass comes from the old Latin word massa, meaning 'lump' or 'clump'. Think of a lump of dough or a heavy ball of snow — a shapeless pile of matter. So, a mass is a large body of matter without a definite shape.