Definition of passage

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Passage (v. i.) A separate part of a course, process, or series; an occurrence; an incident; an act or deed..

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Interpretation :: Interpretation (n.) The sense given by an interpreter; exposition or explanation given; meaning; as, commentators give various interpretations of the same passage of Scripture..
Transparent :: Transparent (a.) Admitting the passage of light; open; porous; as, a transparent veil..
Collectanea :: Collectanea (v. t.) Passages selected from various authors, usually for purposes of instruction; miscellany; anthology..
Water Gang :: Water gang () A passage for water, such as was usually made in a sea wall, to drain water out of marshes..
Stop :: Stop (v. t.) To obstruct; to render impassable; as, to stop a way, road, or passage..
Booking Office :: Booking office () An office where passage tickets are sold.
Corridor :: Corridor (n.) A gallery or passageway leading to several apartments of a house.
Step :: Step (v. i.) Walk; passage.
Cul-de-sac :: Cul-de-sac (n.) A passage with only one outlet, as a street closed at one end; a blind alley; hence, a trap..
Nostril :: Nostril (n.) One of the external openings of the nose, which give passage to the air breathed and to secretions from the nose and eyes; one of the anterior nares..
Yoke :: Yoke (n.) A frame worn on the neck of an animal, as a cow, a pig, a goose, to prevent passage through a fence..
Metempsychosis :: Metempsychosis (n.) The passage of the soul, as an immortal essence, at the death of the animal body it had inhabited, into another living body, whether of a brute or a human being; transmigration of souls..
Aisle :: Aisle (n.) Also (perhaps from confusion with alley), a passage into which the pews of a church open..
Turnpike :: Turnpike (n.) A beam filled with spikes to obstruct passage; a cheval-de-frise.
Soak :: Soak (v. t.) To draw in by the pores, or through small passages; as, a sponge soaks up water; the skin soaks in moisture..
Yawn :: Yawn (n.) A chasm, mouth, or passageway..
Transitoriness :: Transitoriness (n.) The quality or state of being transitory; speedy passage or departure.
By-passage :: By-passage (n.) A passage different from the usual one; a byway.
Resistance :: Resistance (n.) A certain hindrance or opposition to the passage of an electrical current or discharge offered by conducting bodies. It bears an inverse relation to the conductivity, -- good conductors having a small resistance, while poor conductors or insulators have a very high resistance. The unit of resistance is the ohm..
Repassage :: Repassage (n.) The act of repassing; passage back.
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