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passing
(mass) | passing
- povrchný, priechodný |
passing
(encz) | passing,míjení n: |
passing
(encz) | passing,procházející adj: vepro |
Passing
(gcide) | Pass \Pass\ (p[.a]s, p[a^]s), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Passed; p.
pr. & vb. n. Passing.] [F. passer, LL. passare, fr. L.
passus step, or from pandere, passum, to spread out, lay
open. See Pace.]
1. To go; to move; to proceed; to be moved or transferred
from one point to another; to make a transit; -- usually
with a following adverb or adverbal phrase defining the
kind or manner of motion; as, to pass on, by, out, in,
etc.; to pass swiftly, directly, smoothly, etc.; to pass
to the rear, under the yoke, over the bridge, across the
field, beyond the border, etc. "But now pass over [i. e.,
pass on]." --Chaucer.
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On high behests his angels to and fro
Passed frequent. --Milton.
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Sweet sounds rose slowly through their mouths,
And from their bodies passed. --Coleridge.
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2. To move or be transferred from one state or condition to
another; to change possession, condition, or
circumstances; to undergo transition; as, the business has
passed into other hands.
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Others, dissatisfied with what they have, . . . pass
from just to unjust. --Sir W.
Temple.
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3. To move beyond the range of the senses or of knowledge; to
pass away; hence, to disappear; to vanish; to depart;
specifically, to depart from life; to die.
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Disturb him not, let him pass paceably. --Shak.
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Beauty is a charm, but soon the charm will pass.
--Dryden.
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The passing of the sweetest soul
That ever looked with human eyes. --Tennyson.
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4. To move or to come into being or under notice; to come and
go in consciousness; hence, to take place; to occur; to
happen; to come; to occur progressively or in succession;
to be present transitorily.
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So death passed upon all men. --Rom. v. 12.
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Our own consciousness of what passes within our own
mind. --I. Watts.
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5. To go by or glide by, as time; to elapse; to be spent; as,
their vacation passed pleasantly.
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Now the time is far passed. --Mark vi. 35
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6. To go from one person to another; hence, to be given and
taken freely; as, clipped coin will not pass; to obtain
general acceptance; to be held or regarded; to circulate;
to be current; -- followed by for before a word denoting
value or estimation. "Let him pass for a man." --Shak.
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False eloquence passeth only where true is not
understood. --Felton.
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This will not pass for a fault in him. --Atterbury.
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7. To advance through all the steps or stages necessary to
validity or effectiveness; to be carried through a body
that has power to sanction or reject; to receive
legislative sanction; to be enacted; as, the resolution
passed; the bill passed both houses of Congress.
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8. To go through any inspection or test successfully; to be
approved or accepted; as, he attempted the examination,
but did not expect to pass.
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9. To be suffered to go on; to be tolerated; hence, to
continue; to live along. "The play may pass." --Shak.
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10. To go unheeded or neglected; to proceed without hindrance
or opposition; as, we let this act pass.
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11. To go beyond bounds; to surpass; to be in excess. [Obs.]
"This passes, Master Ford." --Shak.
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12. To take heed; to care. [Obs.]
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As for these silken-coated slaves, I pass not.
--Shak.
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13. To go through the intestines. --Arbuthnot.
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14. (Law) To be conveyed or transferred by will, deed, or
other instrument of conveyance; as, an estate passes by a
certain clause in a deed. --Mozley & W.
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15. (Fencing) To make a lunge or pass; to thrust.
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16. (Card Playing) To decline to play in one's turn; in
euchre, to decline to make the trump.
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She would not play, yet must not pass. --Prior.
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To bring to pass, To come to pass. See under Bring, and
Come.
To pass away, to disappear; to die; to vanish. "The heavens
shall pass away." --2 Pet. iii. 10. "I thought to pass
away before, but yet alive I am." --Tennyson.
To pass by, to go near and beyond a certain person or
place; as, he passed by as we stood there.
To pass into, to change by a gradual transmission; to blend
or unite with.
To pass on, to proceed.
To pass on or To pass upon.
(a) To happen to; to come upon; to affect. "So death
passed upon all men." --Rom. v. 12. "Provided no
indirect act pass upon our prayers to define them."
--Jer. Taylor.
(b) To determine concerning; to give judgment or sentence
upon. "We may not pass upon his life." --Shak.
To pass off, to go away; to cease; to disappear; as, an
agitation passes off.
To pass over, to go from one side or end to the other; to
cross, as a river, road, or bridge.
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Passing
(gcide) | Passing \Pass"ing\, n.
The act of one who, or that which, passes; the act of going
by or away.
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Passing bell, a tolling of a bell to announce that a soul
is passing, or has passed, from its body (formerly done to
invoke prayers for the dying); also, a tolling during the
passing of a funeral procession to the grave, or during
funeral ceremonies. --Sir W. Scott. --Longfellow.
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Passing
(gcide) | Passing \Pass"ing\, a.
1. Relating to the act of passing or going; going by, beyond,
through, or away; departing.
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2. Exceeding; surpassing, eminent. --Chaucer. "Her passing
deformity." --Shak.
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Passing note (Mus.), a character including a passing tone.
Passing tone (Mus.), a tone introduced between two other
tones, on an unaccented portion of a measure, for the sake
of smoother melody, but forming no essential part of the
harmony.
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Passing
(gcide) | Passing \Pass"ing\, adv.
Exceedingly; excessively; surpassingly; as, passing fair;
passing strange. "You apprehend passing shrewdly." --Shak.
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passing
(wn) | passing
adv 1: to an extreme degree; "extremely cold"; "extremely
unpleasant" [syn: extremely, exceedingly, super,
passing]
adj 1: lasting a very short time; "the ephemeral joys of
childhood"; "a passing fancy"; "youth's transient
beauty"; "love is transitory but it is eternal";
"fugacious blossoms" [syn: ephemeral, passing,
short-lived, transient, transitory, fugacious]
2: of advancing the ball by throwing it; "a team with a good
passing attack"; "a pass play" [syn: passing(a), pass(a)]
[ant: running(a)]
3: allowing you to pass (e.g., an examination or inspection)
satisfactorily; "a passing grade"
4: hasty and without attention to detail; not thorough; "a
casual (or cursory) inspection failed to reveal the house's
structural flaws"; "a passing glance"; "perfunctory courtesy"
[syn: casual, cursory, passing(a), perfunctory]
n 1: (American football) a play that involves one player
throwing the ball to a teammate; "the coach sent in a
passing play on third and long" [syn: pass, {passing
play}, passing game, passing]
2: euphemistic expressions for death; "thousands mourned his
passing" [syn: passing, loss, departure, exit,
expiration, going, release]
3: the motion of one object relative to another; "stellar
passings can perturb the orbits of comets" [syn: passing,
passage]
4: the end of something; "the passing of winter"
5: a bodily reaction of changing from one place or stage to
another; "the passage of air from the lungs"; "the passing of
flatus" [syn: passage, passing]
6: going by something that is moving in order to get in front of
it; "she drove but well but her reckless passing of every car
on the road frightened me" [syn: passing, overtaking]
7: success in satisfying a test or requirement; "his future
depended on his passing that test"; "he got a pass in
introductory chemistry" [syn: passing, pass,
qualifying] [ant: failing, flunk] |
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surpassing
(mass) | surpassing
- vynikajúci |
all-encompassing
(encz) | all-encompassing,všeobecný adj: Zdeněk Brožall-encompassing,všeobsahující adj: Zdeněk Brož |
bypassing
(encz) | bypassing,obcházení n: Zdeněk Brož |
encompassing
(encz) | encompassing, adj: |
in passing
(encz) | in passing, adv: |
passing comment
(encz) | passing comment, n: |
passing game
(encz) | passing game, n: |
passing machine
(encz) | passing machine,pasírka Zdeněk Brož |
passing note
(encz) | passing note, n: |
passing play
(encz) | passing play, n: |
passing shot
(encz) | passing shot, n: |
passing tone
(encz) | passing tone, n: |
passing water
(encz) | passing water, n: |
passingly
(encz) | passingly, |
surpassing
(encz) | surpassing,neobyčejný adj: Zdeněk Brožsurpassing,vynikající adj: Zdeněk Brož |
surpassingly
(encz) | surpassingly, adv: |
trespassing
(encz) | trespassing,provinění n: Zdeněk Brožtrespassing,zasahující adj: Zdeněk Brož |
surpassing all previous f--- ups
(czen) | Surpassing All Previous F--- Ups,SAPFU[zkr.] |
Compassing
(gcide) | Compassing \Com"pass*ing\, a. (Shipbuilding)
Curved; bent; as, compassing timbers.
[1913 Webster]Compass \Com"pass\ (k[u^]m"pas), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Compassed
(k[u^]m"past); p. pr. & vb. n. Compassing.] [F. compasser,
LL. compassare.]
1. To go about or entirely round; to make the circuit of.
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Ye shall compass the city seven times. --Josh. vi.
4.
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We the globe can compass soon. --Shak.
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2. To inclose on all sides; to surround; to encircle; to
environ; to invest; to besiege; -- used with about, round,
around, and round about.
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With terrors and with clamors compassed round.
--Milton.
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Now all the blessings
Of a glad father compass thee about. --Shak.
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Thine enemies shall cast a trench about thee, and
compass thee round. --Luke xix.
43.
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3. To reach round; to circumvent; to get within one's power;
to obtain; to accomplish.
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If I can check my erring love, I will:
If not, to compass her I'll use my skill. --Shak.
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How can you hope to compass your designs? --Denham.
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4. To curve; to bend into a circular form. [Obs. except in
carpentry and shipbuilding.] --Shak.
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5. (Law) To purpose; to intend; to imagine; to plot.
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Compassing and imagining the death of the king are
synonymous terms; compassing signifying the purpose
or design of the mind or will, and not, as in common
speech, the carrying such design to effect.
--Blackstone.
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encompassing
(gcide) | encompassing \encompassing\ adj.
closely enveloping or surrounding on all sides.
Syn: ambient, enveloping, surrounding(prenominal).
[WordNet 1.5]Encompass \En*com"pass\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Encompassed; p.
pr. & vb. n. Encompassing.]
To circumscribe or go round so as to surround closely; to
encircle; to inclose; to environ; as, a ring encompasses the
finger; an army encompasses a city; a voyage encompassing the
world. --Shak.
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A question may be encompassed with difficulty. --C. J.
Smith.
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The love of all thy sons encompass thee. --Tennyson.
Syn: To encircle; inclose; surround; include; environ;
invest; hem in; shut up.
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Encompassing
(gcide) | encompassing \encompassing\ adj.
closely enveloping or surrounding on all sides.
Syn: ambient, enveloping, surrounding(prenominal).
[WordNet 1.5]Encompass \En*com"pass\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Encompassed; p.
pr. & vb. n. Encompassing.]
To circumscribe or go round so as to surround closely; to
encircle; to inclose; to environ; as, a ring encompasses the
finger; an army encompasses a city; a voyage encompassing the
world. --Shak.
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A question may be encompassed with difficulty. --C. J.
Smith.
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The love of all thy sons encompass thee. --Tennyson.
Syn: To encircle; inclose; surround; include; environ;
invest; hem in; shut up.
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Overpassing
(gcide) | Overpass \O`ver*pass"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Overpassed; p. pr.
& vb. n. Overpassing.] [Cf. Surpass.]
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1. To go over or beyond; to cross; as, to overpass a river;
to overpass limits.
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2. To pass above; -- of roadways and other paths; as, the
highway overpasses the railroad tracks.
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3. To pass over; to omit; to overlook; to disregard.
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All the beauties of the East
He slightly viewed and slightly overpassed.
--Milton.
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4. To surpass; to excel. [R.] --R. Browning.
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Passing
(gcide) | Pass \Pass\ (p[.a]s, p[a^]s), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Passed; p.
pr. & vb. n. Passing.] [F. passer, LL. passare, fr. L.
passus step, or from pandere, passum, to spread out, lay
open. See Pace.]
1. To go; to move; to proceed; to be moved or transferred
from one point to another; to make a transit; -- usually
with a following adverb or adverbal phrase defining the
kind or manner of motion; as, to pass on, by, out, in,
etc.; to pass swiftly, directly, smoothly, etc.; to pass
to the rear, under the yoke, over the bridge, across the
field, beyond the border, etc. "But now pass over [i. e.,
pass on]." --Chaucer.
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On high behests his angels to and fro
Passed frequent. --Milton.
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Sweet sounds rose slowly through their mouths,
And from their bodies passed. --Coleridge.
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2. To move or be transferred from one state or condition to
another; to change possession, condition, or
circumstances; to undergo transition; as, the business has
passed into other hands.
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Others, dissatisfied with what they have, . . . pass
from just to unjust. --Sir W.
Temple.
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3. To move beyond the range of the senses or of knowledge; to
pass away; hence, to disappear; to vanish; to depart;
specifically, to depart from life; to die.
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Disturb him not, let him pass paceably. --Shak.
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Beauty is a charm, but soon the charm will pass.
--Dryden.
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The passing of the sweetest soul
That ever looked with human eyes. --Tennyson.
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4. To move or to come into being or under notice; to come and
go in consciousness; hence, to take place; to occur; to
happen; to come; to occur progressively or in succession;
to be present transitorily.
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So death passed upon all men. --Rom. v. 12.
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Our own consciousness of what passes within our own
mind. --I. Watts.
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5. To go by or glide by, as time; to elapse; to be spent; as,
their vacation passed pleasantly.
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Now the time is far passed. --Mark vi. 35
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6. To go from one person to another; hence, to be given and
taken freely; as, clipped coin will not pass; to obtain
general acceptance; to be held or regarded; to circulate;
to be current; -- followed by for before a word denoting
value or estimation. "Let him pass for a man." --Shak.
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False eloquence passeth only where true is not
understood. --Felton.
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This will not pass for a fault in him. --Atterbury.
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7. To advance through all the steps or stages necessary to
validity or effectiveness; to be carried through a body
that has power to sanction or reject; to receive
legislative sanction; to be enacted; as, the resolution
passed; the bill passed both houses of Congress.
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8. To go through any inspection or test successfully; to be
approved or accepted; as, he attempted the examination,
but did not expect to pass.
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9. To be suffered to go on; to be tolerated; hence, to
continue; to live along. "The play may pass." --Shak.
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10. To go unheeded or neglected; to proceed without hindrance
or opposition; as, we let this act pass.
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11. To go beyond bounds; to surpass; to be in excess. [Obs.]
"This passes, Master Ford." --Shak.
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12. To take heed; to care. [Obs.]
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As for these silken-coated slaves, I pass not.
--Shak.
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13. To go through the intestines. --Arbuthnot.
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14. (Law) To be conveyed or transferred by will, deed, or
other instrument of conveyance; as, an estate passes by a
certain clause in a deed. --Mozley & W.
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15. (Fencing) To make a lunge or pass; to thrust.
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16. (Card Playing) To decline to play in one's turn; in
euchre, to decline to make the trump.
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She would not play, yet must not pass. --Prior.
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To bring to pass, To come to pass. See under Bring, and
Come.
To pass away, to disappear; to die; to vanish. "The heavens
shall pass away." --2 Pet. iii. 10. "I thought to pass
away before, but yet alive I am." --Tennyson.
To pass by, to go near and beyond a certain person or
place; as, he passed by as we stood there.
To pass into, to change by a gradual transmission; to blend
or unite with.
To pass on, to proceed.
To pass on or To pass upon.
(a) To happen to; to come upon; to affect. "So death
passed upon all men." --Rom. v. 12. "Provided no
indirect act pass upon our prayers to define them."
--Jer. Taylor.
(b) To determine concerning; to give judgment or sentence
upon. "We may not pass upon his life." --Shak.
To pass off, to go away; to cease; to disappear; as, an
agitation passes off.
To pass over, to go from one side or end to the other; to
cross, as a river, road, or bridge.
[1913 Webster]Passing \Pass"ing\, n.
The act of one who, or that which, passes; the act of going
by or away.
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Passing bell, a tolling of a bell to announce that a soul
is passing, or has passed, from its body (formerly done to
invoke prayers for the dying); also, a tolling during the
passing of a funeral procession to the grave, or during
funeral ceremonies. --Sir W. Scott. --Longfellow.
[1913 Webster]Passing \Pass"ing\, a.
1. Relating to the act of passing or going; going by, beyond,
through, or away; departing.
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2. Exceeding; surpassing, eminent. --Chaucer. "Her passing
deformity." --Shak.
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Passing note (Mus.), a character including a passing tone.
Passing tone (Mus.), a tone introduced between two other
tones, on an unaccented portion of a measure, for the sake
of smoother melody, but forming no essential part of the
harmony.
[1913 Webster]Passing \Pass"ing\, adv.
Exceedingly; excessively; surpassingly; as, passing fair;
passing strange. "You apprehend passing shrewdly." --Shak.
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Passing bell
(gcide) | Passing \Pass"ing\, n.
The act of one who, or that which, passes; the act of going
by or away.
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Passing bell, a tolling of a bell to announce that a soul
is passing, or has passed, from its body (formerly done to
invoke prayers for the dying); also, a tolling during the
passing of a funeral procession to the grave, or during
funeral ceremonies. --Sir W. Scott. --Longfellow.
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passing measure
(gcide) | Paspy \Pas"py\, n. [F. passe-pied.]
A kind of minuet, in triple time, of French origin, popular
in the reign of Queen Elizabeth and for some time after; --
called also passing measure, and passymeasure. --Percy
Smith.
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Passing note
(gcide) | Passing \Pass"ing\, a.
1. Relating to the act of passing or going; going by, beyond,
through, or away; departing.
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2. Exceeding; surpassing, eminent. --Chaucer. "Her passing
deformity." --Shak.
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Passing note (Mus.), a character including a passing tone.
Passing tone (Mus.), a tone introduced between two other
tones, on an unaccented portion of a measure, for the sake
of smoother melody, but forming no essential part of the
harmony.
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Passing tone
(gcide) | Passing \Pass"ing\, a.
1. Relating to the act of passing or going; going by, beyond,
through, or away; departing.
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2. Exceeding; surpassing, eminent. --Chaucer. "Her passing
deformity." --Shak.
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Passing note (Mus.), a character including a passing tone.
Passing tone (Mus.), a tone introduced between two other
tones, on an unaccented portion of a measure, for the sake
of smoother melody, but forming no essential part of the
harmony.
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Passingly
(gcide) | Passingly \Pass"ing*ly\, adv.
Exceedingly. --Wyclif.
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Surpassing
(gcide) | Surpass \Sur*pass"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Surpassed; p. pr. &
vb. n. Surpassing.] [F. surpasser; sur over + passer to
pass. See Sur-, and Pass.]
To go beyond in anything good or bad; to perform (an
activity) better than; to exceed; to excel.
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This would surpass
Common revenge and interrupt his joy. --Milton.
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Syn: To exceed; excel; outdo; outstrip.
[1913 Webster]Surpassing \Sur*pass"ing\, a.
Eminently excellent; exceeding others. "With surpassing glory
crowned." --Milton. -- Sur*pass"ing*ly, adv. --
Sur*pass"ing*ness, n.
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Surpassingly
(gcide) | Surpassing \Sur*pass"ing\, a.
Eminently excellent; exceeding others. "With surpassing glory
crowned." --Milton. -- Sur*pass"ing*ly, adv. --
Sur*pass"ing*ness, n.
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Surpassingness
(gcide) | Surpassing \Sur*pass"ing\, a.
Eminently excellent; exceeding others. "With surpassing glory
crowned." --Milton. -- Sur*pass"ing*ly, adv. --
Sur*pass"ing*ness, n.
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Trespassing
(gcide) | Trespass \Tres"pass\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Trespassed; p. pr. &
vb. n. Trespassing.] [OF. trespasser to go across or
over, transgress, F. tr['e]passer to die; pref. tres- (L.
trans across, over) + passer to pass. See Pass, v. i., and
cf. Transpass.]
1. To pass beyond a limit or boundary; hence, to depart; to
go. [Obs.]
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Soon after this, noble Robert de Bruce . . .
trespassed out of this uncertain world. --Ld.
Berners.
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2. (Law) To commit a trespass; esp., to enter unlawfully upon
the land of another.
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3. To go too far; to put any one to inconvenience by demand
or importunity; to intrude; as, to trespass upon the time
or patience of another.
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4. To commit any offense, or to do any act that injures or
annoys another; to violate any rule of rectitude, to the
injury of another; hence, in a moral sense, to transgress
voluntarily any divine law or command; to violate any
known rule of duty; to sin; -- often followed by against.
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In the time of his distress did he trespass yet more
against the Lord. --2 Chron.
xxviii. 22.
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Untrespassing
(gcide) | Untrespassing \Untrespassing\
See trespassing. |
all-encompassing
(wn) | all-encompassing
adj 1: broad in scope or content; "across-the-board pay
increases"; "an all-embracing definition"; "blanket
sanctions against human-rights violators"; "an invention
with broad applications"; "a panoptic study of Soviet
nationality"- T.G.Winner; "granted him wide powers" [syn:
across-the-board, all-embracing, all-encompassing,
all-inclusive, blanket(a), broad, encompassing,
extensive, panoptic, wide] |
encompassing
(wn) | encompassing
adj 1: broad in scope or content; "across-the-board pay
increases"; "an all-embracing definition"; "blanket
sanctions against human-rights violators"; "an invention
with broad applications"; "a panoptic study of Soviet
nationality"- T.G.Winner; "granted him wide powers" [syn:
across-the-board, all-embracing, all-encompassing,
all-inclusive, blanket(a), broad, encompassing,
extensive, panoptic, wide]
2: closely encircling; "encompassing mountain ranges"; "the
surrounding countryside" [syn: encompassing(a),
surrounding(a), circumferent] |
in passing
(wn) | in passing
adv 1: incidentally; in the course of doing something else; "he
made this remark in passing" [syn: in passing, {en
passant}] |
passing comment
(wn) | passing comment
n 1: an incidental remark [syn: obiter dictum, {passing
comment}] |
passing game
(wn) | passing game
n 1: (American football) a play that involves one player
throwing the ball to a teammate; "the coach sent in a
passing play on third and long" [syn: pass, {passing
play}, passing game, passing] |
passing note
(wn) | passing note
n 1: a nonharmonic note inserted for transition between harmonic
notes [syn: passing note, passing tone] |
passing play
(wn) | passing play
n 1: (American football) a play that involves one player
throwing the ball to a teammate; "the coach sent in a
passing play on third and long" [syn: pass, {passing
play}, passing game, passing] |
passing shot
(wn) | passing shot
n 1: a tennis return that passes an opponent who has approached
the net |
passing tone
(wn) | passing tone
n 1: a nonharmonic note inserted for transition between harmonic
notes [syn: passing note, passing tone] |
passing water
(wn) | passing water
n 1: a euphemism for urination; "he had to take a leak" [syn:
leak, wetting, making water, passing water] |
surpassing
(wn) | surpassing
adj 1: exceeding or surpassing usual limits especially in
excellence [syn: transcendent, surpassing]
2: far beyond what is usual in magnitude or degree; "a night of
exceeding darkness"; "an exceptional memory"; "olympian
efforts to save the city from bankruptcy"; "the young
Mozart's prodigious talents" [syn: exceeding,
exceptional, olympian, prodigious, surpassing] |
surpassingly
(wn) | surpassingly
adv 1: to a surpassing degree; "she was a surpassingly beautiful
woman" |
trespassing
(wn) | trespassing
adj 1: gradually intrusive without right or permission; "we
moved back from the encroaching tide"; "invasive
tourists"; "trespassing hunters" [syn: encroaching(a),
invasive, trespassing(a)] |
continuation passing style
(foldoc) | Continuation Passing Style
(CPS) An intermediate language for Scheme that
implements continuation passing style. The CPS language is
semantically clean and is used for the SML/NJ compiler.
["Rabbit: A Compiler for Scheme", G.L. Steele, AI-TR-474, MIT
(May 1978)].
["Compiling With Continuations", A. Appel, Cambridge U Press
1992].
(2014-09-24)
continuation passing style
continuation
continuations
(CPS) A style of programming in which every user
function f takes an extra argument c known as a "continuation".
Whenever f would normally return a result r to its caller, it
instead returns the result of applying the continuation to r. The
continuation thus represents the whole of the rest of the
computation. Some examples:
normal (direct style) continuation passing style
square x = x * x square x k = k (x * x)
g (square 23) square 23 g
(square 3) + 1 square 3 ( \ s . s + 1 )
(1995-04-04)
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message passing
(foldoc) | message passing
One of the two techniques for communicating between parallel
processes (the other being shared memory).
A common use of message passing is for communication in a
parallel computer. A process running on one processor may
send a message to a process running on the same processor or
another. The actual transmission of the message is usually
handled by the run-time support of the language in which the
processes are written, or by the operating system.
Message passing scales better than shared memory, which is
generally used in computers with relatively few processors.
This is because the total communications bandwidth usually
increases with the number of processors.
A message passing system provides primitives for sending and
receiving messages. These primitives may by either
synchronous or asynchronous or both. A synchronous send
will not complete (will not allow the sender to proceed) until
the receiving process has received the message. This allows
the sender to know whether the message was received
successfully or not (like when you speak to someone on the
telephone). An asynchronous send simply queues the message
for transmission without waiting for it to be received (like
posting a letter). A synchronous receive primitive will wait
until there is a message to read whereas an asynchronous
receive will return immediately, either with a message or to
say that no message has arrived.
Messages may be sent to a named process or to a named
mailbox which may be readable by one or many processes.
Transmission involves determining the location of the
recipient and then choosing a route to reach that location.
The message may be transmitted in one go or may be split into
packets which are transmitted independently (e.g. using
wormhole routing) and reassembled at the receiver. The
message passing system must ensure that sufficient memory is
available to buffer the message at its destination and at
intermediate nodes.
Messages may be typed or untyped at the programming language
level. They may have a priority, allowing the receiver to
read the highest priority messages first.
Some message passing computers are the {MIT J-Machine
(http://ai.mit.edu/projects/cva/cva_j_machine.html)}, the
{Illinois Concert Project
(http://www-csag.cs.uiuc.edu/projects/concert.html)} and
transputer-based systems.
Object-oriented programming uses message passing between
objects as a metaphor for procedure call.
(1994-11-11)
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message passing interface
(foldoc) | Message Passing Interface
MPI
A de facto standard for
communication among the nodes running a parallel program
on a distributed memory system. MPI is a library of
routines that can be called from Fortran and C programs.
MPI's advantage over older message passing libraries is that
it is both portable (because MPI has been implemented for
almost every distributed memory architecture) and fast
(because each implementation is optimised for the hardware
it runs on).
[Address?]
(1997-06-09)
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