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♦ mass (1) /mæs/A n.1 massa; ammasso; grande quantità; moltitudine; folla: a mass of mineral, un ammasso di minerale; (pitt.) a mass of light, una massa di luce; the masses, la massa del popolo; le masse2 (fis., chim.) massa3 (pl.) (fam.) un mucchio; un sacco: Why hurry? You've got masses of time, perché affrettarsi? Hai un sacco di tempo!B a. attr.1 di massa; in massa: mass demonstration, dimostrazione di massa; mass advertising, pubblicità di massa● mass-circulation press, stampa a grande tiratura □ mass colour, colore base □ (org. az.) mass customization, personalizzazione ‘di massa’ (produzione con metodi industriali di beni personalizzati secondo i gusti del singolo consumatore) □ (ind. costr.) mass concrete, calcestruzzo □ mass grave, grande fossa comune □ mass magazine, rivista a grande tiratura □ mass man, uomo medio □ mass media, mezzi di diffusione (o di comunicazione) di massa; mass media □ a mass meeting, un raduno popolare □ mass murder, strage; eccidio □ mass murderer, pluriomicida □ (gramm. ingl.) mass noun, sostantivo non numerabile, che però ammette il plurale per indicare i vari tipi, o le marche, ecc., di una sostanza □ (fis. nucl.) mass number, numero di massa □ mass observation, studio dei fenomeni di massa □ (polit.) mass party, partito di massa □ mass production, produzione in serie; produzione di massa □ mass round-up, retata in grande stile ( della polizia, ecc.) □ (fis.) mass spectrograph, spettrografo di massa □ (comput.) mass storage, memoria di massa □ the ( great) mass of, la maggior parte di □ in the mass, nella massa; nel complesso.♦ mass (2), Mass /mæs/n. [uc]● mass-book, messale.(to) mass /mæs/A v. t.ammassare; ammucchiare; raggruppare; radunare; concentrare ( truppe)B v. i.ammassarsi; ammucchiarsi; raggrupparsi; radunarsi: The crowd massed round the entrance, la folla si ammassava davanti all'ingresso.
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