Mass
/mæs/
EN
1. In physics: a measure of the amount of matter in an object; 2. In Christianity: the central religious service of the Catholic Church and some other Christian denominations; 3. A large number or amount of something gathered together; 4. The ordinary people as a group.
The mass of an object is measured in kilograms.
Etymology
Comes from Middle English masse, Old French masse 'lump, mass', from Latin massa 'kneaded dough, lump', which likely derives from Greek maza 'barley cake, lump'. The scientific sense developed in the 17th century from the original meaning of a unified bulk of matter.
Translations
简体中文
质量,弥撒,大量,群众
繁體中文
質量,彌撒,大量,群眾
日本語
質量,ミサ,大量,大衆
한국어
질량,미사,대량,대중
Deutsch
Masse,Messe,Menge,Masse
Español
masa,misa,masa,masa
Português
massa,missa,massa,massa
Français
masse,messe,masse,masse
Català
Tiếng Việt
khối lượng,thánh lễ,số lượng lớn,quần chúng
Collocations
atomic massreligious massmass mediamass productionbody mass index
Synonyms
bulkquantitymultitudeweightassembly
Antonyms
individualparticlefragment
Related Words
matterweightreligioncrowddensity