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  • 1mass — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 large amount/number of sth VERBS ▪ enormous, great, huge, large, vast ▪ broad ▪ Their policies appeal to the broad mass of the population …

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  • 2mass — I n. body of matter 1) a plastic; shapeless; sticky mass 2) a land mass 3) critical mass 4) atomic mass 5) a dense mass (of smoke) 6) (med.) a fixed; hard; irregular; movable; nodular; palpable mass II n. celebration of the Eucharist 1) to… …

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  • 3dense — [dens] adj [Date: 1400 1500; : Latin; Origin: densus] 1.) made of or containing a lot of things or people that are very close together = ↑thick dense undergrowth/forest/woodland/jungle etc ▪ A narrow track wound steeply up through dense forest. ▪ …

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  • 4Mass wasting — at Palo Duro Canyon, West Texas (2002) …

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  • 5mass transit — a system of large scale public transportation in a given metropolitan area, typically comprising buses, subways, and elevated trains. Cf. rapid transit. * * * Transportation systems, usually publicly but sometimes privately owned and operated,… …

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  • 6Mass concentration (chemistry) — In chemistry, the mass concentration ρi (or γi) is defined as the mass of a constituent mi divided by the volume of the mixture V:[1] Contents …

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  • 7Dense plasma focus — Plasma gun redirects here. For the science fiction weapon, see plasma weapon (fiction). A dense plasma focus (DPF) is a machine that produces, by electromagnetic acceleration and compression, a short lived plasma that is so hot and dense that it… …

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  • 8dense — 01. It took us hours to hike through the [dense] undergrowth of the forest to the beach. 02. Earth s atmosphere is 1000 times less [dense] than water. 03. The fog was so [dense] that we had to stop the car and wait for it to clear. 04. The dry… …

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  • 9dense — adjective (denser; densest) Etymology: Latin densus; akin to Greek dasys thick with hair or leaves Date: 15th century 1. a. marked by compactness or crowding together of parts < dense vegetation > < dense traffic > …

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  • 10dense — adjective 1 CLOSE TOGETHER made of several things that are closely packed together: He forced his way through the dense crowd. | Dense jungle covered the whole area. 2 SMOKE/MIST difficult to see through or breathe in: dense fog | a dense black&#8230; …

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