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mass

English

Etymology 1

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 ???? (mâza, barley-cake, lump (of dough)). The Greek noun is derived from the verb ????? (máss?, to knead), ultimately from a Proto-Indo-European *ma?- (to oil, knead). 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.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mæs/
  • Rhymes: -æs

Noun

mass (countable and uncountable, plural masses)

  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. (pharmacology) 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.
    7. (proscribed) Synonym of weight
  2. A large quantity; a sum.
    1. Bulk; magnitude; body; size.
    2. The principal part; the main body.
    3. A large body of individuals, especially persons.
    4. (in the plural) The lower classes of persons.
Derived terms
Coordinate terms

(matter):

  • weight
Translations
See also
  • Customary units: slug, pound, ounce, long ton (1.12 short tons), short ton (commonly used)
  • Metric units: gram (g), kilogram (kg), metric ton

Verb

mass (third-person singular simple present masses, present participle massing, simple past and past participle massed)

  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.

Synonyms

  • (to form into a mass): See also Thesaurus:assemble
  • (to collect into a mass): See also Thesaurus:coalesce or Thesaurus:round up
  • (to have a certain mass): weigh
Translations

Adjective

mass (not generally comparable, comparative masser, superlative massest)

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

Derived terms

  • mass extinction

Etymology 2

From Middle English messe, masse, from Old English mæsse (the mass, church festival) and Old French messe, from Vulgar Latin *messa (Eucharist, dismissal), from Late Latin missa, noun use of feminine past participle of classical Latin mittere (to send), from ite, missa est (go, (the assembly) is dismissed), last words of the Roman Rite of the Catholic Church. Compare Dutch mis (mass), German Messe (mass), Danish messe (mass), Swedish mässa (mass; expo), Icelandic messa (mass). More at mission.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -??s
  • (US) IPA(key): /mæs/
  • (UK) IPA(key): /mæs/, /m??s/
  • Rhymes: -æs

Noun

mass (plural masses)

  1. (Christianity) The Eucharist, now especially in Roman Catholicism.
  2. (Christianity) Celebration of the Eucharist.
  3. (Christianity, usually as the Mass) The sacrament of the Eucharist.
  4. A musical setting of parts of the mass.
Derived terms
Translations

Verb

mass (third-person singular simple present masses, present participle massing, simple past and past participle massed)

  1. (intransitive, obsolete) To celebrate mass.
    • 1594, Richard Hooker, Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie
      massing priests
Translations

Further reading

  • mass in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
  • mass in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

  • ASMS, ASMs, MSAs, SAMs, SMAs, SMSA, Sams, sams

Võro

Etymology 1

From Proto-Finnic *maksa, from Proto-Uralic *mëksa.

Noun

mass (genitive massa, partitive massa)

  1. liver
Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)Related to Estonian maks.

Noun

mass (genitive massu, partitive massu)

  1. tax, payment
Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

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aggregate

English

Etymology

From Latin aggreg?tus, perfect passive participle of aggreg? (I flock together), from ag- (combining form of ad (to, toward)) + greg? (I flock or group), from grex (flock). Compare gregarious.

Pronunciation

Noun and adjective
  • enPR: ?'gr?g?t, IPA(key): /?æ?????t/
Verb
  • enPR: ?'gr?g?t, IPA(key): /?æ?????e?t/

Noun

aggregate (countable and uncountable, plural aggregates)

  1. A mass, assemblage, or sum of particulars; something consisting of elements but considered as a whole.
    • 1898, Arthur Berry, A Short History of Astronomy Chapter 12 - Herschel
      If the nebulosity were due to an aggregate of stars so far off as to be separately indistinguishable, then the central body would have to be a star of almost incomparably greater dimensions than an ordinary star; if, on the other hand, the central body were of dimensions comparable with those of an ordinary star, the nebulosity must be due to something other than a star cluster.
  2. A mass formed by the union of homogeneous particles; – in distinction from a compound, formed by the union of heterogeneous particles.
    • 1847, William Black, A Practical Treatise on Brewing : Calculating Lengths and Gravities
      This in the second boiling will be replaced by nearly an equal quantity of worts, of the same gravity as turned out of the copper, which, in making the calculation, is to be deducted from the aggregate of the second worts, and so on with a third wort if necessary.
  3. (mathematics, obsolete) A set (collection of objects).
  4. (music) The full chromatic scale of twelve equal tempered pitches.
  5. (sports) The total score in a set of games between teams or competitors, usually the combination of the home and away scores
    • 12 December 2016, Associated Press, Brazil and Argentina reportedly to play friendly at MCG in 2017
      Brazil won the first series 2-0 on aggregate before Argentina got revenge in 2012 via a penalty shootout.
  6. (roofing) Crushed stone, crushed slag or water-worn gravel used for surfacing a built-up roof system.
  7. Solid particles of low aspect ratio added to a composite material, as distinguished from the matrix and any fibers or reinforcements, especially the gravel and sand added to concrete.
    • 1823, James Fenimore Cooper, The Pioneers Chapter 21
      "Yes sair," returned the Frenchman, whose prominent eyes were watching the precarious footsteps of the beast he rode, as it picked its dangerous way among the roots of trees, holes, log bridges, and sloughs that formed the aggregate of the highway.
  8. (Buddhism) Any of the five attributes that constitute the sentient being.

Synonyms

  • (mass, assemblage, or sum of particulars): cluster
  • (attribute of the sentient being in Buddhism): skandha

Translations

Derived terms

  • aggregational
  • in aggregate

See also

  • composite
  • conglomerate
  • twelve-tone technique
  • serialism

References

  • DeLone et. al. (Eds.) (1975). Aspects of Twentieth-Century Music. Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice-Hall. ?ISBN, Ch. 6.

Adjective

aggregate (comparative more aggregate, superlative most aggregate)

  1. Formed by a collection of particulars into a whole mass or sum; collective; combined; added up.
    • 1902, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Great Boer War Chapter 33 The Northern Operations from January to April, 1901
      All over the country small British columns had been operating during these months--operations which were destined to increase in scope and energy as the cold weather drew in. The weekly tale of prisoners and captures, though small for any one column, gave the aggregate result of a considerable victory.
  2. Consisting or formed of smaller objects or parts.
  3. Formed into clusters or groups of lobules.
  4. (botany) Composed of several florets within a common involucre, as in the daisy; or of several carpels formed from one flower, as in the raspberry.
  5. Having the several component parts adherent to each other only to such a degree as to be separable by mechanical means.
  6. United into a common organized mass; said of certain compound animals.

Translations

Verb

aggregate (third-person singular simple present aggregates, present participle aggregating, simple past and past participle aggregated)

  1. (transitive) To bring together; to collect into a mass or sum.
    The aggregated soil.
  2. (archaic, transitive) To add or unite (e.g. a person), to an association.
  3. (transitive) To amount in the aggregate to.
    There are ten loads, aggregating five hundred bushels.

Antonyms

  • segregate

Translations

References

  • aggregate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Italian

Verb

aggregate

  1. second-person plural present indicative of aggregare
  2. second-person plural imperative of aggregare
  3. feminine plural of aggregato

Latin

Verb

aggreg?te

  1. second-person plural present active imperative of aggreg?

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