Matter is defined as something that has mass and takes up space. Mass is defined as the amount of matter something contains. Since these two definitions run into each other, what exactly - without use of the corrasponding words - are their definitions?

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Matter--The substance of which a physical object is composed Mass--The quantity of matter that a body possesses as measured by its inertia (C) 1995 Zane Publishing, Inc. The Merriam-Webster Dictionary (C) 1994 by Merriam-Webster, Incorporated (C) 1995 Zane Publishing, Inc. The Merriam-Webster Dictionary (C) 1994 by Merriam-Webster, Incorporated Jan 17 07, 2:03 PM