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multi-pass

adj · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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adj

Meaning 1

Involving several passes over something.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Examples

  • The multi-pass compiler skims the source code looking for directives on the first pass.
  • NIP is a multi-pass transmembrane protein.
  • multi-pass milling

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Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Italic *moltos Latin multus Latin multīder. Middle English multi- English multi- Proto-Indo-European *peth2-der. Proto-Italic *pattus Latin passus Proto-Italic *-āzi ▲ Latin -ereinflu. Latin -āre Vulgar Latin *passāre Old French passerbor. Middle English passen English pass English multi-pass From multi- + pass.