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Encyclopedia > Mass (disambiguation)
Look up mass in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

Mass may refer to: Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Wiktionary (a portmanteau of wiki and dictionary) is a multilingual, Web-based project to create a free content dictionary, available in over 150 languages. ...


In science

  • Mass, the amount of matter in an object to which its weight is proportional
  • Thermal mass, a mass which absorbs heat
  • Mass (medicine), a tumor
  • Mass wasting, the geomorphic process by which soil and rock move downslope under gravity
  • Landmass, a continuous area of land or land mass, the measure of an area of land
  • Body mass index, a health indicator related to human body weight and height

This article or section is in need of attention from an expert on the subject. ... Thermal mass, in the most general sense, is any mass that absorbs and holds heat. ... In medicine, any abnormal biological tissue swelling can be called a mass or a tumor. Categories: Stub ... Mass wasting, also known as mass movement or slope movement, is the geomorphic process by which soil, regolith, and rock move downslope under the force of gravity. ... A landmass is a large continuous area of land. ... A landmass is a large extent of land. ... A graph of body mass index is shown above. ...

In religion

  • Mass (liturgy), religious service in some Christian churches
  • Mass (music), a choral composition that sets liturgical text to music.

A Medieval Low Mass by a bishop. ... The Mass, a form of sacred musical composition, is a choral composition that sets the fixed portions of the Eucharistic liturgy (principally that of the Roman Catholic Church, the Anglican Church, generally known in the US as the Episcopal Church, and also the Lutheran Church) to music. ...

In entertainment

Mass is Telugu film which released in 2004. ... MASS (formally, MASS: A Theatre Piece for Singers, Players, and Dancers) is a musical piece composed by Leonard Bernstein. ... Mass were an English post-punk band. ... The Mass is an American band that plays an original mixture of jazz, hardcore, heavy metal and avantgarde music. ... For other uses of the term Blu Peter, see Blue Peter (disambiguation). ...

Other uses

  • Mass., an abbreviation for the U.S. state of Massachusetts
  • Isaac Mass, a Franklin County, Massachusetts politician
  • Maß, a unit of volume in German, pronounced 'mass'
  • College-Ready Math-Science School, The Marc and Eva Stern Math and Science School or just (MASS)
  • Muscle mass, a bodybuilding term concerning the configuration of muscles in a person's body

Official language(s) English Capital Boston Largest city Boston Area  Ranked 44th  - Total 10,555 sq mi (27,360 km²)  - Width 183 miles (295 km)  - Length 113 miles (182 km)  - % water 13. ... Isaac James Mass (born 1976) is a Franklin County, Massachusetts politician. ... The Maß (or Mass) is an Austro-Bavarian unit of volume, 1. ... The Marc and Eva Stern Math and Science School formerly named and still some call it the The Math and Science School or (MASS) for shorter, it is a free, small public charter high school collaboration between the Alliance for College-Ready Public Schools and California State University, Los Angeles... A top-down view of skeletal muscle Muscle is contractile tissue of the body and is derived from the mesodermal layer of embryonic germ cells. ...

As an adjective meaning many

Mass may be used to modify nouns to apply to many cases or instances:

Mass production is the production of large amounts of standardised products on production lines. ... In the United States of America, transit describes local area common carrier passenger transportation configured to provide scheduled service on fixed routes on a non-reservation basis. ... Mass communication is the term used to describe the academic study of various means by which individuals and entities relay information to large segments of the population all at once through mass media. ... Mass education refers to a state-run educational system, usually free and compulsory, that aims to ensure that all children in society have at least a basic education. ... Mass-marketing is the process of widely marketing a mass-produced item. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Mass murder (massacre) is the act of murdering a large number of people, typically at the same time, or over a relatively short period of time. ... Mass suicide occurs when a number of people kill themselves together with one another or for the same reason and is usually connected to a real or perceived persecution. ... For the album, see Weapons of Mass Destruction (album). ... A mass grave is a grave containing more than one human corpse. ... A mass hallucination is a phenomenon in which a large group of people, usually in physical proximity to each other, all experience the same hallucination simultaneously. ... Mass hysteria, or collective hysteria, is the sociopsychological phenomenon of the manifestation of the same hysterical symptoms by more than one person. ... In computing, mass storage refers to storage of large amounts of information in a persisting and machine-readable fashion. ...

In the plural, 'masses'

The plural form, the masses, may refer to:

The term working class is used to denote a social class. ... The Hoi Polloi march in a protest for more rights. ... June 1914 issue of The Masses. ...

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