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What does mass mean?

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Noun
  1. (physical) Matter, material.
    1. A quantity of matter cohering together so as to make one body, or an aggregation of particles or things which collectively make one body or quantity, usually of considerable size
    2. (obsolete) Precious metal, especially gold or silver.
    3. (physics) The quantity of matter which a body contains, irrespective of its bulk or volume. It is one of four fundamental properties of matter. It is measured in kilograms in the SI system of measurement.
    4. (pharmacy) A medicinal substance made into a cohesive, homogeneous lump, of consistency suitable for making pills; as, blue mass.
    5. (medicine) A palpable or visible abnormal globular structure; a tumor.
    6. (bodybuilding) Excess body weight, especially in the form of muscle hypertrophy.
  2. A large quantity; a sum.
  3. (quantity) Large in number.
    1. Bulk; magnitude; body; size.
    2. The principal part; the main body.
    3. A large body of individuals, especially persons.
    4. (plural) The lower classes of persons.
Verb
  1. (transitive) To form or collect into a mass; to form into a collective body; to bring together into masses; to assemble.
  2. (intransitive) To have a certain mass.
Adjective
  1. Involving a mass of things; concerning a large quantity or number.
  2. Involving a mass of people; of, for, or by the masses.
Noun
  1. (Christianity) The Eucharist, now especially in Roman Catholicism.
  2. (Christianity) Celebration of the Eucharist.
  3. (Mass) The sacrament of the Eucharist.
  4. A musical setting of parts of the mass.
Verb
  1. (intransitive, obsolete) To celebrate mass.
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