What does massa in Italian mean?

What is the meaning of the word massa in Italian? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use massa in Italian.

The word massa in Italian means mass, mass, large quantity, mass, mass, crowd, throng, mob, ground wire, assets, mix, mixture, dough, pastry, mass communication, mass consumption, mass culture, mass hysteria, mass elimination, body mass index, BMI, atomic mass, lean body mass, molecular mass, muscle mass, mass media, grounded negative pole, mass tourism. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word massa

mass

sostantivo femminile (complesso di materia)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Secondo Einstein energia e massa sono correlate tra loro.
Einstein believed that energy and mass were linked.

mass

sostantivo femminile (fisica (proprietà) (physics)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
La massa è diversa dal volume.
Mass is different from volume.

large quantity, mass

sostantivo femminile (ammassamento)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Che schifo quella massa di rifiuti in pieno centro storico!
That heap (or: pile) of rubbish right in the middle of the town centre is disgusting!

mass, crowd, throng, mob

sostantivo femminile (di persone, ecc.)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Fuori dall'ufficio di collocamento c'era una massa di persone impressionante.
There was an unbelievably large crowd of people outside the job centre.

ground wire

sostantivo femminile (elettrotecnica (terra) (electricity)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Ricordati di collegare l'apparecchio a massa se non vuoi prenderti la scossa.
Remember to hook up the ground wire so you don't get a shock.

assets

sostantivo femminile (economia (di titoli, beni, ecc.) (economics)

(plural noun: Noun always used in plural form--for example, "jeans," "scissors.")
Contabilizziamo le masse attive.
We're balancing the active assets.

mix, mixture, dough, pastry

sostantivo femminile (cucina: impasto) (cooking)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Mescolate gli ingredienti e poi fate riposare la massa per tre ore.
Mix up the ingredients and then leave the mixture to set for three hours.

mass communication

sostantivo femminile (divulgazione alle masse)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

mass consumption

sostantivo maschile

mass culture

mass hysteria

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

mass elimination

body mass index, BMI

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

atomic mass

lean body mass

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

molecular mass

muscle mass

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

mass media

grounded negative pole

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

mass tourism

sostantivo maschile

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Il turismo di massa ha rovinato molte note località turistiche in giro per il mondo.

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