has gloss | (noun) the property of a body that causes it to have weight in a gravitational field mass |
lexicalization | eng: mass |
subclass of | (noun) one of the four quantities that are the basis of systems of measurement fundamental measure, fundamental quantity |
subclass of | (noun) any property used to characterize matter and energy and their interactions physical property |
has subclass | (noun) the amount by which the mass of an atomic nucleus is less than the sum of the masses of its constituent particles mass deficiency, mass defect |
has subclass | (noun) the main mass of a thing body |
has subclass | (noun) the total mass of living matter in a given unit area biomass |
has subclass | (noun) the minimum mass of fissionable material that can sustain a chain reaction critical mass |
has subclass | (noun) (physics) the mass of a body as measured when the body is at rest relative to an observer, an inherent property of the body rest mass |
has subclass | (noun) (physics) the mass of a body in motion relative to the observer: it is equal to the rest mass multiplied by a factor that is greater than 1 and that increases as the magnitude of the velocity increases relativistic mass |
has subclass | (noun) the property possessed by a large mass bulk |
has subclass | (noun) (physics) the mass of a body as measured by its gravitational attraction for other bodies gravitational mass |
has subclass | (noun) (physics) the mass of a body as determined by the second law of motion from the acceleration of the body when it is subjected to a force that is not due to gravity inertial mass |
has subclass | (noun) (chemistry) the mass of an atom of a chemical element expressed in atomic mass units atomic mass, atomic weight, relative atomic mass |
has subclass | (noun) (physics) the mass of a body regarded relativistically as energy mass energy |
has subclass | (noun) (chemistry) the sum of the relative atomic masses of the constituent atoms of a molecule molecular weight, relative molecular mass |