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Mas·sive  (msv), Mount
A peak, 4,398.4 m (14,421 ft) high, in the Sawatch Range of the Rocky Mountains in central Colorado.

mas·sive  (msv)
adj.
1. Consisting of or making up a large mass; bulky, heavy, and solid: a massive piece of furniture.
2. Large or imposing, as in quantity, scope, degree, intensity, or scale: Local defense must be reinforced by the further deterrent of massive retaliatory power (John Foster Dulles). See Synonyms at heavy.
3. Large in comparison with the usual amount: a massive dose of a drug.
4. Pathology Affecting a large area of bodily tissue; widespread and severe: massive gangrene.
5. Mineralogy Lacking internal crystalline structure; amorphous.
6. Geology Without internal structure or layers and homogeneous in composition. Used of a rock.

[Middle English massif, from Old French, from masse, mass; see mass.]

massive·ly adv.
massive·ness n.


massive  /msv/  adj. huge, great: A massive amount of information is available now with computers. massive

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