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Definition of Massive

1. Adjective. Imposing in size or bulk or solidity. "A monumental scale"

2. Adjective. Being the same substance throughout. "Massive silver"

3. Adjective. Imposing in scale or scope or degree or power. "Massive changes"

4. Adjective. Consisting of great mass; containing a great quantity of matter. "Earth is the most massive of the terrestrial planets"

Definition of Massive

1. a. Forming, or consisting of, a large mass; compacted; weighty; heavy; massy.

Definition of Massive

1. Adjective. Of or pertaining to a large mass; weighty, heavy, or bulky. ¹

2. Adjective. Much larger than normal. ¹

3. Adjective. Of great significance or import; overwhelming. ¹

4. Adjective. Of particularly exceptional quality or value; awesome. ¹

5. Adjective. (physics of a particle) Possessing mass. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Massive

1. of considerable size [adj]

Medical Definition of Massive

1. Having a solid bulky form, heavy, in a mass, complete. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Literary usage of Massive

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Field Geology by Frederic Henry Lahee (1917)
"massive Character.—The exposure has a massive appearance, its constituents being neither grouped in layers nor oriented in parallel position. ..."

2. An Introduction to Geology by William Berryman Scott (1914)
"CHAPTER XV UNSTRATIFIED OR massive ROCKS THE unstratified or massive rocks have risen in a molten state from below toward the surface, though by no means ..."

3. A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities by William Smith (1891)
"Recent excavations at Thapsus, near Carthage, have brought to light the elaborate and massive character of the city wall, which was about 21 feet thick, ..."

4. The Popular Science Monthly by Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) (1886)
"The roof, if it be of tile or thatch, represents a massive weight— the tiles being thick and ... I have seen massive house-roofs over two hundred years ..."

5. The Iliad of Homer by Homer, Andrew Lang, Walter Leaf, Ernest Myers (1915)
"... and he wrought him a massive helmet to fit his brows, goodly and graven, and set thereon a crest of gold, and he wrought him greaves of pliant tin. ..."

6. The Roman Poets of the Augustan Age: Virgil by William Young Sellar (1908)
"... their love of works of large compass and massive structure. Vastness of design and solid workmanship are as distinctive properties of Roman art, ..."

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