mass

Significat

Noun

1. Matter, material.
2. (obsolete) Matter, material.
3. Matter, material.
4. Matter, material.
5. Matter, material.
6. Matter, material.
7. A large quantity; a sum.
8. A large quantity; a sum.
9. A large quantity; a sum.
10. A large quantity; a sum.
11. A large quantity; a sum.

Verb

1. To form or collect into a mass; to form into a collective body; to bring together into masses; to assemble.
2. To assemble in a mass

Adj

1. Involving a mass of things; concerning a large quantity or number.
2. Involving a mass of people; of, for, or by the masses.

Verb

To celebrate mass.

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/mæs/

Etimologia

In late Middle English (circa 1400) as masse in the sense of "lump, quantity of matter", from Anglo-Norman masse, in Old French attested from the 11th century, via late Latin massa (“lump, dough”), from Ancient Greek μᾶζα (mâza, “barley-cake, lump (of dough)”). The Greek noun may be derived from the verb μάσσω (mássō, “to knead”), ultimately from a Proto-Indo-European *maǵ- (“to oil, knead”), although this is uncertain. Doublet of masa.
The sense of "a large number or quantity" arises circa 1580. The scientific sense is from 1687 (as Latin massa) in the works of Isaac Newton, with the first English use (as mass) occurring in 1704.

Sents

An example of such a system is a mass on a surface with friction .