Mass (disambiguation)
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Mass may mean:
- Mass in physics, a property related to the amount of matter in an object.
- In more general terms, mass may simply indicate volume, and the adjective "massive" is normally used in this sense outside of a technical context.
- Mass (medicine), a tumor.
- Mass (liturgy), the primary worship service of some Christian churches.
- Mass (music), a choral composition that sets the liturgical text to music.
- Mass (theatre), a 1971 musical play by Leonard Bernstein based upon the Roman Catholic liturgy.
Mass may also refer to:
- As an adjective, an indication of a large quantity, as in mass murder or weapons of mass destruction.
- Massachusetts, a US state, which may be abbreviated as "Mass." and is sometimes shortened to this form in casual conversation.
Related uses include:
- The masses (or hoi polloi), usually meaning common, working-class people.
- Muscle mass, a bodybuilding term dealing with the shape and definition of muscles.
- Body mass index, an indicator used in health studies to assess desired human body weight.
- Thermal mass, a mass that absorbs heat.