slaughter massacre mass murder carnage butchery | the savage and excessive killing of many people |
mass spectroscopy | the use of spectroscopy to determine the masses of small electrically charged particles |
mass production | the production of large quantities of a standardized article (often using assembly line techniques) |
Mass | (Roman Catholic Church and Protestant Churches) the celebration of the Eucharist |
High Mass | a solemn and elaborate Mass with music |
Low Mass | a Mass recited without music |
protest objection dissent | the act of protesting, a public (often organized) manifestation of dissent |
protest march | occasion when you can express opposition by marching (usually on some government institution) without a license |
mass spectrograph | a mass spectrometer that produces a graphical representation of the mass spectrum |
mass spectrometer spectrometer | spectroscope for obtaining a mass spectrum by deflecting ions into a thin slit and measuring the ion current with an electrometer |
rapid transit mass rapid transit | an urban public transit system using underground or elevated trains |
weapon of mass destruction WMD W.M.D. | a weapon that kills or injures civilian as well as military personnel (nuclear and chemical and biological weapons) |
mass | the property of a body that causes it to have weight in a gravitational field |
critical mass | the minimum mass of fissionable material that can sustain a chain reaction |
rest mass | (physics) the mass of a body as measured when the body is at rest relative to an observer, an inherent property of the body |
relativistic mass | (physics) the mass of a body in motion relative to the observer: it is equal to the rest mass multiplied by a factor that is greater than and that increases as the magnitude of the velocity increases |
gravitational mass | (physics) the mass of a body as measured by its gravitational attraction for other bodies |
inertial mass | (physics) the mass of a body as determined by the second law of motion from the acceleration of the body when it is subjected to a force that is not due to gravity |
atomic mass atomic weight relative atomic mass | (chemistry) the mass of an atom of a chemical element expressed in atomic mass units |
mass energy | (physics) the mass of a body regarded relativistically as energy |
molecular weight relative molecular mass | (chemistry) the sum of the relative atomic masses of the constituent atoms of a molecule |
bulk mass volume | the property of something that is great in magnitude, it is cheaper to buy it in bulk, he received a mass of correspondence, the volume of exports |
critical mass | the minimum amount (of something) required to start or maintain a venture, the battle for the computer market has now reached critical mass, there is now a critical mass of successful women to take the lead, they sold the business because it lacked critical mass |
mass culture | the culture that is widely disseminated via the mass media |
law of mass action | (chemistry) the law that states the following principle: the rate of a chemical reaction is directly proportional to the molecular concentrations of the reacting substances |
mass-energy equivalence | (physics) the principle that a measured quantity of mass is equivalent (according to relativity theory) to a measured quantity of energy |
mass-action principle mass action | (neurology) the principle that the cortex of the brain operates as a coordinated system with large masses of neural tissue involved in all complex functioning |
conservation of mass conservation of matter law of conservation of mass law of conservation of matter | a fundamental principle of classical physics that matter cannot be created or destroyed in an isolated system |
medium mass medium | (usually plural) transmissions that are disseminated widely to the public |
mass noun | a noun that does not form plurals |
Mass card | (Roman Catholic Church) a card sent to a bereaved family that says the sender has arranged for a Mass to be said in memory of the deceased |
body mass index BMI | a measure of someone's weight in relation to height, to calculate one's BMI, multiply one's weight in pounds and divide that by the square of one's height in inches, overweight is a BMI greater than , obese is a BMI greater than |
Mass | a sequence of prayers constituting the Christian Eucharistic rite, the priest said Mass |
Mass | a musical setting for a Mass, they played a Mass composed by Beethoven |
protest protestation | a formal and solemn declaration of objection, they finished the game under protest to the league president, the senator rose to register his protest, the many protestations did not stay the execution |
protest | the act of making a strong public expression of disagreement and disapproval, he shouted his protests at the umpire, a shower of protest was heard from the rear of the hall |
mass | an ill-structured collection of similar things (objects or people) |
multitude masses mass hoi polloi people the great unwashed | the common people generally, separate the warriors from the mass, power to the people |
rally mass meeting | a large gathering of people intended to arouse enthusiasm |
center of mass centre of mass | point representing the mean position of the matter in a body |
ice mass | a large mass of ice |
landmass land mass | a large continuous extent of land |
mass | a body of matter without definite shape, a huge ice mass |
mass murderer | a person who is responsible for the deaths of many victims in a single incident |
mass defect mass deficiency | the amount by which the mass of an atomic nucleus is less than the sum of the masses of its constituent particles |
mass spectrum | a distribution of ions as shown by a mass spectrograph or a mass spectrometer |
mass unit | a unit of measurement for mass |
atomic mass unit | unit of mass for expressing masses of atoms or molecules |
mass number nucleon number | the sum of the number of neutrons and protons in an atomic nucleus |
b batch deal flock good deal great deal hatful heap lot mass mess mickle mint mountain muckle passel peck pile plenty pot quite a little raft sight slew spate stack tidy sum wad v b a | (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent, a batch of letters, a deal of trouble, a lot of money, he made a mint on the stock market, see the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos, it must have cost plenty, a slew of journalists, a wad of money |