passage
noun
[ ˈpasɪdʒ ]
• the action or process of moving through or past somewhere on the way from one place to another.
• "there were moorings for boats wanting passage through the lock"
Similar:
transit,
progress,
passing,
movement,
moving,
motion,
going,
crossing,
travelling,
traversal,
traverse,
• a narrow way allowing access between buildings or to different rooms within a building; a passageway.
• "the larger bedroom was at the end of the passage"
Similar:
corridor,
passageway,
hall,
hallway,
entrance hall,
entrance,
walkway,
aisle,
gangway,
alley,
alleyway,
lane,
path,
pathway,
way,
footpath,
track,
trackway,
road,
thoroughfare,
ginnel,
snicket,
vennel,
wynd,
twitten,
twitchel,
areaway,
trace,
gully,
• the process of transition from one state to another.
• "an allegory on the theme of the passage from ignorance to knowledge"
• a short extract from a book or other printed material.
• "he picked up the newspaper and read the passage again"
Similar:
extract,
excerpt,
quotation,
quote,
citation,
cite,
reading,
section,
piece,
selection,
part,
snippet,
fragment,
portion,
text,
paragraph,
verse,
stanza,
canto,
line,
sentence,
phrase,
• the propagation of microorganisms or cells in a series of host organisms or culture media, so as to maintain them or modify their virulence.
• "cultured cells can replicate on serial passage for predictable periods of time"
passage
verb
• subject (a strain of microorganisms or cells) to a passage.
• "each recombinant virus was passaged nine times successively"
Origin:
Middle English: from Old French, based on Latin passus ‘pace’.
passage
noun
• a movement performed in advanced dressage and classical riding, in which the horse executes a slow elevated trot, giving the impression of dancing.
Origin:
early 18th century: from French, from an alteration of Italian passeggiare ‘to walk, pace’, based on Latin passus ‘pace’.
