knockdown vs mass

knockdown

noun
  • A collection of parts required to assemble a product, typically manufactured in one region and exported elsewhere for assembly. 

  • The condition of a sailboat being pushed abruptly to horizontal, with the mast parallel to the water surface. 

  • An act of knocking down or the condition of being knocked down. 

  • A shelter erected for use as a temporary dressing room. 

  • a short pass played downwards, for example from the head onto someone's feet. 

  • A genetically modified organism that carries one or more genes in its chromosomes that have been made less active or had their expression reduced. 

  • The use of a reagent such as an oligonucleotide with sequence complementary to an active gene or its mRNA transcript, to interfere with the expression of said gene. 

  • An overwhelming blow. 

adj
  • To be formed into a head by upsetting in fastening. 

  • reduced in price, originally to a price below which an article would not be sold by the auctioneer 

  • powerful enough to overwhelm or knock down 

  • Capable of being taken apart for packing or removal. 

verb
  • To employ the knockdown technique 

mass

noun
  • A quantity of matter cohering together so as to make one body, or an aggregation of particles or things which collectively make one body or quantity, usually of considerable size. 

  • Bulk; magnitude; body; size. 

  • Excess body weight, especially in the form of muscle hypertrophy. 

  • Synonym of weight 

  • The Eucharist, now especially in Roman Catholicism. 

  • A large body of individuals, especially persons. 

  • Celebration of the Eucharist. 

  • The lower classes of persons. 

  • The sacrament of the Eucharist. 

  • The quantity of matter which a body contains, irrespective of its bulk or volume. It is one of four fundamental properties of matter. SI unit of mass: kilogram. 

  • A musical setting of parts of the mass. 

  • A palpable or visible abnormal globular structure; a tumor. 

  • A medicinal substance made into a cohesive, homogeneous lump, of consistency suitable for making pills; as, blue mass. 

  • The principal part; the main body. 

  • A large quantity; a sum. 

adj
  • Involving a mass of things; concerning a large quantity or number. 

  • Involving a mass of people; of, for, or by the masses. 

verb
  • To form or collect into a mass; to form into a collective body; to bring together into masses; to assemble. 

  • To assemble in a mass 

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