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The offshore ocean area under U.S. jurisdiction is larger than our land mass, and teems with plant and animal life, mineral resources, commerce, trade, and energy sources.
Tom Allen

Meaning of "land mass" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF LAND MASS

land mass  [lænd mæs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF LAND MASS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Land mass is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES LAND MASS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

land mass

Land

Land, sometimes referred to as dry land, is the solid surface of the Earth that is not permanently covered by water. The vast majority of human activity occurs in land areas that support agriculture, habitat, and various natural resources. Some life forms have developed from predecessor species that lived in bodies of water to exist on land. Areas where land meets large bodies of water are called coastal zones. The division between land and water is a fundamental concept to humans, which can have strong cultural importance. The demarcation between land and water varies by local jurisdiction. A Maritime boundary is one such political demarcation. A variety of natural boundaries exist to help define where water meets land. Solid rock landforms are more easy to demarcate than marshy or swampy boundaries, where there is no clear point at which the land ends and a body of water has begun. Demarcation can further vary due to tides and weather.

Definition of land mass in the English dictionary

The definition of land mass in the dictionary is a large continuous area of land, as opposed to seas or islands.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH LAND MASS


admass
ˈædmæs
amass
əˈmæs
Athamas
ˈæθəˌmæs
biomass
ˈbaɪəʊˌmæs
camas
ˈkæmæs
camass
ˈkæmæs
childermas
ˈtʃɪldəˌmæs
eggmass
ˈɛɡˌmæs
groundmass
ˈɡraʊndˌmæs
Hallowmas
ˈhæləʊˌmæs
Hallowmass
ˈhæləʊˌmæs
Hamas
ˈhæmæs
Kiritimati
kəˈrɪsmæs
landmass
ˈlændˌmæs
mass
mæs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE LAND MASS

land agency
land agent
land army
land bank
land bridge
land crab
land forces
land girl
land grant
land grant college
land line
land mine
land of milk and honey
land of Nod
Land of the Midnight Sun
land office
land patent
land rail
land reform
land registry

WORDS THAT END LIKE LAND MASS

air mass
atomic mass
black mass
body mass
centre of mass
conservation of mass
critical mass
death camass
gravitational mass
in the mass
inertial mass
relative atomic mass
relative molecular mass
requiem mass
rest mass
solar mass

Synonyms and antonyms of land mass in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «land mass» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF LAND MASS

Find out the translation of land mass to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of land mass from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «land mass» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

土地面积
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

masa de tierra
570 millions of speakers

English

land mass
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

बड़े पैमाने पर भूमि
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

كتلة اليابسة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

суша
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

massa de terra
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ভূমি ভর
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

masse terrestre
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Jisim tanah
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Landmasse
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

陸地
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

육지
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Massa tanah
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

khối lượng đất
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

நில வெகுஜன
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

जमीन वस्तुमान
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Arazi kütlesi
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

massa di terra
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

masa ziemi
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

суша
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

masa teren
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

μάζα της γης
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

landmassa
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

landmassa
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

landmasse
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of land mass

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «LAND MASS»

The term «land mass» is regularly used and occupies the 92.872 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «LAND MASS» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «land mass» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «land mass» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about land mass

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4 QUOTES WITH «LAND MASS»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word land mass.
1
Tom Allen
The offshore ocean area under U.S. jurisdiction is larger than our land mass, and teems with plant and animal life, mineral resources, commerce, trade, and energy sources.
2
Jared Diamond
Eurasia ended up with the most domesticated animal species in part because it's the world's largest land mass and offered the most wild species to begin with.
3
Noah Feldman
The rise of the presidency began with the Louisiana Purchase, which in 1803 doubled the land mass of the United States. History taught the framers that, just as Rome changed from republic to empire with conquest of new lands, territorial acquisition would lead to the centralization of political power.
4
Euvin Naidoo
Africa is the second-largest continent, a landmass second from Asia. It also is the second most populated continent, with 900 million people. In fact - coming back to the land mass - Africa is so big that you could fit in the continental United States, China, and the entire Europe into Africa and still have space.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LAND MASS»

Discover the use of land mass in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to land mass and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Eventpoint Cosmogeography
The sequential profile of land mass on Earth, then, is as follows and requires greater explanation: land/shelf/ridge/shelf/land/shelf/ridge/shelf.... An analysis of the entire land mass/water mass system on Earth, in my view, would reveal that ...
2
Geological Survey professional paper
A land mass occupying part of the site of the Cap au Gres flexure and attached to Ozarkia is shown at an earlier stage than that of the land mass on the site of the Pittsficld- Hadley anticline, because overlaps would suggest that the Cap au ...
Geological Survey (U.S.), Geological Survey (U.S.). Geographic Names Information Management, 1987
3
Code of Federal Regulations
Fifth, Seventh, Eighth and Ninth Coast Guard Districts and the ocean areas lying east of a line extending from the North Pole south along 95° W. longitude to the North American land mass; thence along the east coast of the North, Central. and  ...
‎2009
4
L.S.A., List of C.F.R. Sections Affected
These waters extend east to the Eastern Hemisphere dividing line between the Atlantic and Pacific Areas which lies along a line extending from the North Pole south along 1000 E. longitude to the Asian land mass and along a line extending  ...
‎2003
5
Textbook of Toxicology
Because of particular geographic structure, e.g., surface topography, ocean and land mass, mountains, plains, etc., can influence the velocity and direction of the wind. The differing heat conductive capacity of land mass and water mass gives ...
Balram Pani, 2010
6
The Code of Federal Regulations of the United States of America
These waters extend east to the Eastern Hemisphere dividing line between the Atlantic and Pacific Areas which lies along a line extending from the North Pole south along 100° E. longitude to the Asian land mass and along a line extending  ...
‎1976
7
Code of Federal Regulations, Title 33, Navigation and ...
These waters extend west to the Eastern Hemisphere dividing line between the Atlantic and Pacific Areas which lies along a line extending from the North Pole south along 100° E. longitude to the Asian land mass and along a line extending  ...
‎2010
8
Code of Federal Regulations, Title 33, Navigation and ...
... the North Pole south along 95° W. longitude to the North American land mass; thence along the east coast of the North, Central, and South American land mass to the intersection with 70° W. longitude; thence due south to the South Pole.
Office of the Federal Register (U S ), 2012
9
Ng1 Part One
The kick from the powerful shots kept Engee heading towards land mass five. As the speardite on land mass four kept looking for him in the other direction Engee landed safely on his feet on land mass five and ran to catch up with the others ...
Michael L. McCloskey, 2009
10
Muskox Land: Ellesmere Island in the Age of Contact
We might begin by positioning this land mass geographically, at the summit of the High Arctic. Ellesmere Island is the most northerly island in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago and, apart from the tip of neighbouring Greenland, which extends a ...
Lyle Dick, 2001

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LAND MASS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term land mass is used in the context of the following news items.
1
What model is best for Canada: Distributor or direct? | Transworld …
Geographically, Canada is the second largest country (land mass) in the world and its major city centers are well spread out. Most of the ... «Transworld Business, Jul 15»
2
Sibley's Hawkeye Point rises for national convention
Mike Earll, Hawkeye Point Committee chair and director of economic development for Osceola County (Iowa's smallest county in land mass), ... «Sioux City Journal, Jul 15»
3
'I'm still Dansby': Marietta native remains humble as he embarks on …
That's part of the transformation he seeks. One thing we still have, however, is a continental land mass with natural resources. Little good that ... «Marietta Daily Journal, Jul 15»
4
Japan turning abandoned golf courses into solar power farms
... provide a particularly productive and environmentally friendly use for defunct golf courses, which are characterised by expansive land mass, ... «International Business Times UK, Jul 15»
5
Road to mayhem: Infrastructure projects affect protected habitats
India's national parks make up just 5% of its land mass - a much lower ratio than even in other developing countries, including Sri Lanka, which ... «Hindustan Times, Jul 15»
6
Tornado lifts Mount cafe owner into air - New Zealand Herald
Meteorologist Rob Kerr said winds were often stronger in areas surrounded by water and especially so when there was a large land mass, like ... «New Zealand Herald, Jul 15»
7
High-speed rail remains elusive in the U.S. - Central Connecticut …
For starters, a much larger land mass, longer distances between major cities and the high cost of construction. Other factors include efficient air ... «Bristol Press, Jul 15»
8
Severe thunderstorm warnings issued in Ontario and Quebec
"A general guideline is that less than half the land mass of this area will get a storm Sunday," Chief Meteorologist Chris Scott says. "However ... «The Weather Network, Jul 15»
9
Inside College Sports: When will UAB actually play football again …
“We have a square walking path around our football practice field and it prevents us from using the full acreage of land mass because it's ... «CBSSports.com, Jul 15»
10
Marine Conservationists Work to Curb Ocean Stress
... only 2 percent of the ocean is protected in reserves, parks, sanctuaries or no-fishing zones compared to 15 percent of the world's land mass. «Climate Central, Jul 15»

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