Mass (disambiguation)
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Mass
Mass can be defined as a quantitive measure of the resistance an object has to change in its velocity.In physics, mass commonly refers to any of the following three properties of matter, which have been shown experimentally to be equivalent:...

is a physics term for one of three properties of matter.

Mass may also refer to:

Religion

  • Mass (liturgy)
    Mass (liturgy)
    "Mass" is one of the names by which the sacrament of the Eucharist is called in the Roman Catholic Church: others are "Eucharist", the "Lord's Supper", the "Breaking of Bread", the "Eucharistic assembly ", the "memorial of the Lord's Passion and Resurrection", the "Holy Sacrifice", the "Holy and...

    , a religious service in some Christian churches
  • Mass (music)
    Mass (music)
    The Mass, a form of sacred musical composition, is a choral composition that sets the invariable portions of the Eucharistic liturgy to music...

    , a choral composition that sets liturgical text to music

Music

  • Mass (Stravinsky)
    Mass (Stravinsky)
    Igor Stravinsky composed his Mass between 1944 and 1948. This 19-minute setting of the Roman Catholic Mass exhibits the austere, Neoclassic, anti-Romantic aesthetic that characterizes his work from about 1923 to 1951. The Mass also represents one of only a handful of extant pieces by Stravinsky...

    , a composition by Igor Stravinsky
  • Mass (Bernstein), a musical theater work by Leonard Bernstein
  • Mass (English band)
    Mass (English band)
    Mass were an English post-punk band. The band consisted of Gary Asquith, Mick Allen, Mark Cox, and Danny Briottet. Asquith, Allen and Cox had been members of Rema Rema. Mass released the "You And I" 7" in 1980 on the 4AD Records label...

    , a post-punk band
  • Mass (album)
    Mass (album)
    Mass is the third full-length album by the Experimental band Grotus. The album's sound focuses more on alternative and blues rock than industrial and is perhaps their most accessible recording.-Track listing:# "That's Entertainment" - 2:32...

    , by the band Grotus
  • The Mass (album)
    The Mass (album)
    - Certifications :- Charts :...

    , by musical project Era
  • "The Mass
    The Mass
    "The Mass" is the first single off the album Wow... The Story from Jamaican dancehall artist Baby Cham. It reached top thirty on the Australian charts....

    ", a 2000 single by Baby Cham
  • Mass, an alias of electronic musician Peter Harris (Blu Peter)

Military

  • MASS (decoy system)
    MASS (decoy system)
    MASS is a naval self-defence system, produced by Rheinmetall of Germany. It is connected to the ship's sensors and protects ships from attacks by advanced, sensor-guided missiles, by launching decoys, that operate in all relevant wavelengths on the electromagnetic spectrum .As of March 31/09,...

    , a naval defence system
  • MASS, M26 Modular Accessory Shotgun System, a developmental shotgun for the M16 rifle/M4 carbine family of guns
  • MASS, Marine Air Support Squadrons, part of the United States Marines

Places

  • Mass., an abbreviation for the U.S. state of Massachusetts
    Massachusetts
    The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. It is bordered by Rhode Island and Connecticut to the south, New York to the west, and Vermont and New Hampshire to the north; at its east lies the Atlantic Ocean. As of the 2010...

  • Mass or Massachusetts Bay
    Massachusetts Bay
    The Massachusetts Bay, also called Mass Bay, is one of the largest bays of the Atlantic Ocean which forms the distinctive shape of the coastline of the U.S. state of Massachusetts. Its waters extend 65 miles into the Atlantic Ocean. Massachusetts Bay includes the Boston Harbor, Dorchester Bay,...

    , off the state of the same name
  • Mass City, Michigan
    Mass City, Michigan
    Mass City is an unincorporated community in Ontonagon County, Michigan, United States. Mass City is located in Greenland Township along M-26, southeast of Ontonagon...

    , also known as Mass, an unincorporated community

Other uses

  • Mass (medicine), a tumor
  • Mass (mass spectrometry)
    Mass (mass spectrometry)
    The mass recorded by a mass spectrometer can refer to different physical quantities depending on the characteristics of the instrument and the manner in which the mass spectrum is displayed.-Accurate mass:...

    , a chemical analysis technique
  • Mass (film), a Tollywood film starring Akkineni Nagarjuna
  • Marc and Eva Stern Math and Science School, The Marc and Eva Stern Math and Science School or just (Stern MASS)
  • Maß
    Maß
    The is a term used in German-speaking countries for a unit of volume, now typically used only for measuring beer sold for immediate on-site consumption. In modern times, a is defined as exactly 1 litre....

    , a unit of volume in German, pronounced 'mass'
  • MASS, or Manab Adhikar Sangram Samiti
    Manab Adhikar Sangram Samiti
    Manab Adhikar Sangram Samiti , , is a regional non-profit human rights NGO in Assam. It was founded in 1991 by Parag Kumar Das along with a group of intellectuals and journalists of Assam...

    , a non-profit human rights regional NGO in Assam
  • Mass (novel)
    Mass (novel)
    Mass, also known as Mass: A Novel, is a 1973 historical and political novel written by Filipino National Artist F. Sionil José. Together with The Pretenders, the Mass is the completion of José’s The Rosales Saga, which is also known as the Rosales Novels...

    , a novel by Filipino author F. Sionil José
  • The Masses
    The Masses
    The Masses was a graphically innovative magazine of socialist politics published monthly in the U.S. from 1911 until 1917, when Federal prosecutors brought charges against its editors for conspiring to obstruct conscription. It was succeeded by The Liberator and then later The New Masses...

    , a socialist magazine
  • Mass Party, a former political party in Thailand
  • MASS Engineering
    MASS Engineering
    MASS Engineering and BrightBus, which is officially MAS Special Engineering Ltd, is a Sheffield-based company engaged in the manufacture of bodies for motor vehicles and school bus operation...

    , a British vehicle body manufacturer and school bus operator
  • Mass Sport
    Mass Sport
    Mass Sport is an Italy based sports apparel company. Mass originates from the evolution of shapes, colors and materials, guaranteeing the maximum agonistic performance to the sportsman....

    , an Italian sports apparel company
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