Mass is not determined by gravity waves but rather:
"In Einstein's theory of general relativity, gravity is treated as a phenomenon resulting from the curvature of spacetime. This curvature is caused by the presence of mass. Generally, the more mass that is contained within a given volume of space, the greater the curvature of spacetime will be at the boundary of its volume.[17] As objects with mass move around in spacetime, the curvature changes to reflect the changed locations of those objects. In certain circumstances, accelerating objects generate changes in this curvature, which propagate outwards at the speed of light in a wave-like manner. These propagating phenomena are known as gravitational waves."
This mass is "the quantity of matter that a body contains, as measured by its acceleration under a given force or by the force exerted on it by a gravitational field."
So mass can be measured through a gravitational field however mass forms the gravitational field.
Gravity "is a natural phenomenon by which all things with mass are brought toward (or gravitate toward) one another, including objects ranging from atoms and photons, to planets and stars."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gravity
This movement of mass, through gravity, in turn determines further mass. Considering mass manifests gravity, and mass affects further mass, how do gravity waves not determine in some degree mass considering "masses" form other "masses" through gravity (ex an apple falling and breaking on ground)
"In general terms, gravitational waves are radiated by objects whose motion involves acceleration and its change, provided that the motion is not perfectly spherically symmetric (like an expanding or contracting sphere) or rotationally symmetric (like a spinning disk or sphere). A simple example of this principle is a spinning dumbbell. If the dumbbell spins around its axis of symmetry, it will not radiate gravitational waves; if it tumbles end over end, as in the case of two planets orbiting each other, it will radiate gravitational waves."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gravitational_wave
It appears that gravitational wave are a result in a lack of "stability" within an inherent function of matter. Considering that mass inherently moves towards further mass, through gravity, how would the gravity waves not be determined as a "deficiency in the stability of matter" and in turn act as an equilibrium that prevents any form of "total unity" within the matter.
In simple terms how do gravity waves not act as a "fractures" which manifest through the matter as individual masses, (considering mass is in a constant state of flux)?