Definition of passage

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Passage (v. i.) The act of passing; transit from one place to another; movement from point to point; a going by, over, across, or through; as, the passage of a man or a carriage; the passage of a ship or a bird; the passage of light; the passage of fluids through the pores or channels of the body..

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Impassable :: Impassable (a.) Incapable of being passed; not admitting a passage; as, an impassable road, mountain, or gulf..
Gallstone :: Gallstone (n.) A concretion, or calculus, formed in the gall bladder or biliary passages. See Calculus, n., 1..
Stich :: Stich (n.) A line in the Scriptures; specifically (Hebrew Scriptures), one of the rhythmic lines in the poetical books and passages of the Old Treatment, as written in the oldest Hebrew manuscripts and in the Revised Version of the English Bible..
Turnstile :: Turnstile (n.) A revolving frame in a footpath, preventing the passage of horses or cattle, but admitting that of persons; a turnpike. See Turnpike, n., 1..
Sound :: Sound (n.) A narrow passage of water, or a strait between the mainland and an island; also, a strait connecting two seas, or connecting a sea or lake with the ocean; as, the Sound between the Baltic and the german Ocean; Long Island Sound..
Belt :: Belt (n.) A narrow passage or strait; as, the Great Belt and the Lesser Belt, leading to the Baltic Sea..
Wing :: Wing (n.) Passage by flying; flight; as, to take wing..
Blind :: Blind (a.) Having no openings for light or passage; as, a blind wall; open only at one end; as, a blind alley; a blind gut..
Cite :: Cite (v. t.) To quote; to repeat, as a passage from a book, or the words of another..
Course :: Course (n.) The act of moving from one point to another; progress; passage.
Portal :: Portal (n.) Formerly, a small square corner in a room separated from the rest of the apartment by wainscoting, forming a short passage to another apartment..
Adduce :: Adduce (v. t.) To bring forward or offer, as an argument, passage, or consideration which bears on a statement or case; to cite; to allege..
Flume :: Flume (n.) A stream; especially, a passage channel, or conduit for the water that drives a mill wheel; or an artifical channel of water for hydraulic or placer mining; also, a chute for conveying logs or lumber down a declivity..
Inosculation :: Inosculation (n.) The junction or connection of vessels, channels, or passages, so that their contents pass from one to the other; union by mouths or ducts; anastomosis; intercommunication; as, inosculation of veins, etc..
Shaft :: Shaft (n.) A long passage for the admission or outlet of air; an air shaft.
Pipe :: Pipe (n.) A passageway for the air in speaking and breathing; the windpipe, or one of its divisions..
Manway :: Manway (n.) A small passageway, as in a mine, that a man may pass through..
Blockade :: Blockade (v. t.) An obstruction to passage.
Hematuria :: Hematuria (n.) Passage of urine mingled with blood.
Electro-motion :: Electro-motion (n.) The motion of electricity or its passage from one metal to another in a voltaic circuit; mechanical action produced by means of electricity.
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