Mass Mass is an Intrinsic and extrinsic properties, intrinsic property of a physical body, body. It was traditionally believed to be related to the physical quantity, quantity of matter in a body, until the discovery of the atom and particle physi ...

is the quantity of matter in a physical body and a measure of the body's inertia. Mass or may also refer to:

Arts, entertainment, and media

Music

Mass (music) The Mass () is a form of sacred musical composition that sets the invariable portions of the Christian Eucharistic liturgy (principally that of the Catholic Church, the Anglican Communion, and Lutheranism), known as the Mass. Most Masses are ...

, a choral composition that sets liturgical text to music * ''Mass'' (Stravinsky), a composition by Igor Stravinsky * ''Mass'' (Bernstein), a musical theater work by Leonard Bernstein * Mass (English band), a post-punk band * ''Mass'' (Grotus album), 1996 * ''Mass'' (Alastair Galbraith album), 2011 * ''Mass'' (The Gazette album), 2021 * ''The Mass'' (album), by musical project Era

Other uses in arts, entertainment, and media

* ''Mass'' (2004 film), Indian Telugu-language film * ''Mass'', Hindi title of the 2015 Indian Tamil-language film ''

Massu Engira Masilamani ''Massu Engira Masilamani'' (; previously titled as ''Masss'') or simply known as ''Massu'' is a 2015 Indian Tamil-language action horror comedy film directed by Venkat Prabhu, who co-wrote the script with Madhan Karky. It was produced by K. ...

'' * ''Mass'' (2021 film), American drama film * ''Mass'' (novel), a 1973 novel by Filipino author F. Sionil José *

Mass media Mass media include the diverse arrays of media that reach a large audience via mass communication. Broadcast media transmit information electronically via media such as films, radio, recorded music, or television. Digital media comprises b ...

, communication channels which can reach huge numbers of people * '' The Masses'', a socialist magazine published in the US from 1911 to 1917

Military

* MASS (decoy system), a naval defence system * M26 Modular Accessory Shotgun System (or MASS), a developmental shotgun for the M16 rifle/M4 carbine family of guns *MASS, Marine Air Support Squadrons within the United States Marine Corps

People with the name

* Mass (surname) * Peter Harris (producer), an electronic musician who uses the alias Mass * Mass Sarr, Jr. (born 1973), a Liberian former footballer

Places

* Mass City, Michigan, also known as Mass, an unincorporated community in the United States * Maß (Lauer) (pronounced "mass"), a river of Bavaria, Germany, left tributary of the Lauer *

Massachusetts Massachusetts ( ; ), officially the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It borders the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Maine to its east, Connecticut and Rhode ...

(abbreviated Mass or MA), a U.S. state in New England *

Massachusetts Bay Massachusetts Bay is a bay on the Gulf of Maine that forms part of the central coastline of Massachusetts. Description The bay extends from Cape Ann on the north to Plymouth Harbor on the south, a distance of about . Its northern and sout ...

(abbreviated Mass Bay), a bay off the U.S. state of the same name

Religion

Mass (liturgy) Mass is the main Eucharistic liturgical service in many forms of Western Christianity. The term ''Mass'' is commonly used in the Catholic Church, Western Rite Orthodoxy, Old Catholicism, and Independent Catholicism. The term is also used in m ...

, an act of worship in some Christian churches *

Mass in the Catholic Church The Mass is the central Catholic liturgy, liturgical service of the Eucharist in the Catholic Church, in which bread and wine are Consecration#Eucharist, consecrated and become the body and blood of Christ. As defined by the Church at the Counci ...

, the main act of worship of the Catholic Church

Society

* Mass Party, a political party in Thailand (2006–2009?) *

Mass society Mass society is a concept that describes modern society as a monolithic force and yet a disaggregate collection of individuals. The term is often used pejoratively to refer to a society in which bureaucracy and impersonal institutions have replac ...

, a society based on relations between huge numbers of people, whose prototypical denizen is the "mass man" *

Mass politics Mass politics is a political order resting on the emergence of mass political parties. The emergence of mass politics generally associated with the rise of mass society coinciding with the Industrial Revolution in the West. However, because of ...

, politics in the mass society, featuring especially the modern political party

Other uses

* Mass (mass spectrometry), a chemical analysis technique * Autonomous cargo ship, also known as a Maritime Autonomous Surface Ships (MASS) * BrightBus, a former British vehicle body manufacturer and school bus operator that previously traded as MASS Engineering * Maß (pronounced "mass"), a German word describing the amount of beer in a regulation mug, also used for the mug itself * Manab Adhikar Sangram Samiti, a human rights NGO in Assam (India) * Marc and Eva Stern Math and Science School (Stern MASS) *

Tumor A neoplasm () is a type of abnormal and excessive growth of tissue. The process that occurs to form or produce a neoplasm is called neoplasia. The growth of a neoplasm is uncoordinated with that of the normal surrounding tissue, and persists ...

, or mass, a neoplasm that is enlarged * Mass (object), a high-density object