transfer transference | the act of transfering something from one form to another, the transfer of the music from record to tape suppressed much of the background noise |
slaughter massacre mass murder carnage butchery | the savage and excessive killing of many people |
transportation transport transfer transferral conveyance | the act of moving something from one location to another |
somatic cell nuclear transplantation somatic cell nuclear transfer SCNT nuclear transplantation | moving a cell nucleus and its genetic material from one cell to another |
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 |
transportation shipping transport | the commercial enterprise of moving goods and materials |
air transportation air transport | transportation by air |
transfer transference | transferring ownership |
delivery livery legal transfer | the voluntary transfer of something (title or possession) from one party to another |
conveyance transport | something that serves as a means of transportation |
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 |
public transport | conveyance for passengers or mail or freight |
rapid transit mass rapid transit | an urban public transit system using underground or elevated trains |
tape drive tape transport transport | a mechanism that transports magnetic tape across the read write heads of a tape playback recorder |
transport ship | a ship for carrying soldiers or military equipment |
troop carrier troop transport | any land or sea or air vehicle designed to carry troops |
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 |
cystic fibrosis transport regulator CFTR | the gene that is mutated in cystic fibrosis |
mass culture | the culture that is widely disseminated via the mass media |
transfer transfer of training carry-over | application of a skill learned in one situation to a different but similar situation |
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 |
asynchronous transfer mode ATM | a means of digital communications that is capable of very high speeds, suitable for transmission of images or voice or video as well as data, ATM is used for both LAN and WAN |
mass noun | a noun that does not form plurals |
transfer | a ticket that allows a passenger to change conveyances |
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 |
file transfer protocol FTP | protocol that allows users to copy files between their local system and any system they can reach on the network |
anonymous ftp anonymous file transfer protocol | a common way to make software available, users are allowed to log in as `guest' without a password and copy whatever has been made available |
hypertext transfer protocol HTTP | a protocol (utilizing TCP) to transfer hypertext requests and information between servers and browsers |
Mass | a sequence of prayers constituting the Christian Eucharistic rite, the priest said Mass |