Meaning of MASSIVE
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- [adj] consisting of great mass; containing a great quantity of matter; "Earth is the most massive of the terrestrial planets"
- [adj] imposing in size or bulk or solidity; "massive oak doors"; "Moore's massive sculptures"; "the monolithic proportions of Stalinist architecture"; "a monumental scale"
- [adj] imposing in scale or scope or degree or power; "massive retaliatory power"; "a massive increase in oil prices"; "massive changes"
- [adj] being the same substance throughout; "massive silver"
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| | Synonyms: | | big, heavy, large, monolithic, monumental, solid |
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| | Definition: | | \Mass"ive\, a. [F. massif.]
1. Forming, or consisting of, a large mass; compacted;
weighty; heavy; massy. ``Massive armor.'' --Dr. H. More.
2. (Min.) In mass; not necessarily without a crystalline
structure, but having no regular form; as, a mineral
occurs massive.
{Massive rock} (Geol.), a compact crystalline rock not
distinctly schistone, as granite; also, with some authors,
an eruptive rock.
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