Definition of mass

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Mass (n.) The quantity of matter which a body contains, irrespective of its bulk or volume..

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Covellite :: Covellite (n.) A native sulphide of copper, occuring in masses of a dark blue color; -- hence called indigo copper..
Protovertebra :: Protovertebra (n.) One of the primitive masses, or segments, into which the mesoblast of the vertebrate embryo breaks up on either side of the anterior part of the notochord; a mesoblastic, or protovertebral, somite. See Illust. of Ectoderm..
Heap :: Heap (v. t.) To collect in great quantity; to amass; to lay up; to accumulate; -- usually with up; as, to heap up treasures..
Switch :: Switch (n.) A separate mass or trees of hair, or of some substance (at jute) made to resemble hair, worn on the head by women..
Leaven :: Leaven (n.) Any substance that produces, or is designed to produce, fermentation, as in dough or liquids; esp., a portion of fermenting dough, which, mixed with a larger quantity of dough, produces a general change in the mass, and renders it light; yeast; barm..
Mass :: Mass (n.) A large quantity; a sum.
Proustite :: Proustite (n.) A sulphide of arsenic and silver of a beautiful cochineal-red color, occurring in rhombohedral crystals, and also massive; ruby silver..
Zoisite :: Zoisite (n.) A grayish or whitish mineral occurring in orthorhombic, prismatic crystals, also in columnar masses. It is a silicate of alumina and lime, and is allied to epidote..
Face :: Face (v. t.) To cover with better, or better appearing, material than the mass consists of, for purpose of deception, as the surface of a box of tea, a barrel of sugar, etc..
Masseur :: Masseur (n. f.) Alt. of Masseus.
Chloropal :: Chloropal (n.) A massive mineral, greenish in color, and opal-like in appearance. It is essentially a hydrous silicate of iron..
Regenerator :: Regenerator (n.) A device used in connection with hot-air engines, gas-burning furnaces, etc., in which the incoming air or gas is heated by being brought into contact with masses of iron, brick, etc., which have been previously heated by the outgoing, or escaping, hot air or gas..
Haymow :: Haymow (n.) A mow or mass of hay laid up in a barn for preservation.
Oidium :: Oidium (n.) A genus of minute fungi which form a floccose mass of filaments on decaying fruit, etc. Many forms once referred to this genus are now believed to be temporary conditions of fungi of other genera, among them the vine mildew (Oidium Tuckeri), which has caused much injury to grapes..
Nugget :: Nugget (n.) A lump; a mass, esp. a native lump of a precious metal; as, a nugget of gold..
Elaeolite :: Elaeolite (n.) A variety of hephelite, usually massive, of greasy luster, and gray to reddish color..
Magnet :: Magnet (n.) A bar or mass of steel or iron to which the peculiar properties of the loadstone have been imparted; -- called, in distinction from the loadstone, an artificial magnet..
Knead :: Knead (v. t.) To work and press into a mass, usually with the hands; esp., to work, as by repeated pressure with the knuckles, into a well mixed mass, as the materials of bread, cake, etc.; as, to knead dough..
Psilomelane :: Psilomelane (n.) A hydrous oxide of manganese, occurring in smooth, botryoidal forms, and massive, and having an iron-black or steel-gray color..
Conglomerate :: Conglomerate (a.) Gathered into a ball or a mass; collected together; concentrated; as, conglomerate rays of light..
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