1. fiz. Količnik iz sile i ubrzanja (jedinica mase v. gram); masa nekog tela meri se količinom materije koja se sadrži u njemu; proizvod iz zapremine i gustine;
2. Velik broj, gomila, množina;
3. Puk, svet, narod, rulja;
4. Testo, smesa;
5. Telo bez određenog oblika;
6. Ulog u kocki;
7. prav. Imanje koje ostane posle nečije smrti; imanje pokretno i nepokretno, koje ostaje posle pada neke trgovine pod stečaj, a od koga se imaju da podmire poverioci; masa bonorum, imovno stanje; masa konkurzus, stecišna masa, ona iz koje imaju da se plate poverioci; masa hereditatis, celokupna ostavština onoga koji ostavlja nasledstvo. (lat.)
ETYM Cf. French agglomération.
A jumbled collection or mass.
The clustering of activities or people at specific points or areas; for example, at a route center. Firms or individuals that cluster together can often share facilities and services, resulting in lower costs (agglomeration economies, including economy of scale).
1. A sum total of many miscellaneous things; SYN. congeries, conglomeration.
2. The whole amount
ETYM Cf. Late Lat. aggregatio, French agrégation.
1. That which is aggregated.
2. Several things grouped together or considered as a whole
3. The act of gathering something together
1. The property of something that is great in magnitude; SYN. mass, volume.
2. The property possessed by a large mass.
ETYM French gros, grosse. Related to Gross.
(Irregular plural: gross).
1. The entire amount of income before any deductions are made; SYN. revenue, receipts.
2. Twelve dozen.
A particular figure or price, calculated before the deduction of specific items such as commission, discounts, interest, and taxes. The opposite is net.
(Irregular plural: masses).
1. A large body of matter without definite shape.
2. An ill-structured collection of similar things (objects or people).
3. The property of a body that causes it to have weight in a gravitational field.
A disorderly crowd of people; SYN. rabble, rout.
ETYM as. scor twenty, from sceran, scieran, to shear, cut, divide; or rather the kindred Icel. skor incision, twenty, akin to Dan. skure a notch, Swed. skara. Related to Shear.
1. A number that expresses the accomplishment of a team or an individual in a game or contest.
2. The act of scoring in a game or sport.
3. The facts about an actual situation.
4. A set of twenty members.
5. A notch that is made to keep a tally.
6. Grounds or rationale; SYN. account.
7. An amount due (as at a restaurant or bar).
ETYM Old Eng. see, as. sae; akin to Dutch zee, os. and Old High Germ. sęo, German see, OFries. se, Dan. sö, Swed. sjö, Icel. saer, Goth. saiws, and perhaps to Latin saevus fierce, savage.
(Homonym: see).
1. A division of an ocean or a large body of salt water partially enclosed by land.
2. Turbulent water with swells of considerable size.
Isolated pillar of rock that has become separated from a headland by coastal erosion. It is usually formed by the collapse of an arch. Further erosion will reduce it to a stump, which is exposed only at low tide.
Old unit of measure for firewood equal to 108 cubic feet.
An orderly pile.
ETYM French, from Latin volumen a roll of writing, a book, volume, from volvere, volutum, to roll. Related to Voluble.
In geometry, the space occupied by a three-dimensional solid object. A prism (such as a cube) or a cylinder has a volume equal to the area of the base multiplied by the height. For a pyramid or cone, the volume is equal to one-third of the area of the base multiplied by the perpendicular height. The volume of a sphere is equal to 4/3 x pr3, where r is the radius. Volumes of irregular solids may be calculated by the technique of integration.
1. A publication that is one of a set of several similar publications.
2. A relative amount.
3. The amount of 3-dimensional space occupied by an object.
4. The magnitude of sound (usually in a specified direction); SYN. loudness, intensity.