Passing

Passing

Passing may refer to:

ociology

*Passing (sociology), presenting oneself as a member of another sociological group
*Passing (gender), presenting oneself as a member of the opposite gender
*Passing (racial identity), presenting oneself as a member of another race

Transportation

* Passing, overtaking, the act of driving around a slower automobile
* Passing lane, a lane on a road for use while overtaking
* Passing loop, a section of railway where trains can pass each other

ports

*Passing (sports), to pass a ball or puck between members of the same team
**Passing (American football)
**Passing (association football), or soccer
*Passing (juggling), when two or more people share a juggling pattern

Music

*"Is she not passing fair?", a song written by Edward Elgar, published in 1908
*"Passing Afternoon", a 2004 single by Iron and Wine
*"Passing By", a 1968 song by The Beach Boys
*A Passing Fancy, a Toronto band from the 1960s
*"Passing Friend", a 1985 song by The Beach Boys
*"Passing Strangers", a 1980 single by Ultravox
*"Passing Through" (album), a 1999 album by Owen Temple

Films and books

*"Passing Glory", a baseball drama film
*"Passing Parade", a long-running series of MGM short films
*"Winter Passing", a 2005 American film written and directed by Adam Rapp
*"Passing" (novel), a novel by Nella Larsen

Math and technology

*Token passing, a channel access method in telecommunications
*Message passing, a form of communication in computer science
*Variational message passing, a mathematical technique for continuous-valued Bayesian networks

Other uses

*Passing out, or fainting, losing consciousness
*Buck passing, or passing the buck, transferring responsibility to another person
*Passing off, in law, presenting one product as another

ee also

* Pass (disambiguation)


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  • Passing — de massues entre deux jongleurs. Un passing est une figure de jonglerie impliquant plusieurs personnes (aux moins deux mains). Les passes se font entre passeurs, fixes, en déplacement ou en « poste » pour servir les autres. Une passe à… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Passing — Pass ing, a. 1. Relating to the act of passing or going; going by, beyond, through, or away; departing. [1913 Webster] 2. Exceeding; surpassing, eminent. Chaucer. Her passing deformity. Shak. [1913 Webster] {Passing note} (Mus.), a character… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • passing — [pas′iŋ] adj. [ME] 1. going by, beyond, past, over, or through 2. lasting only a short time; short lived; fleeting; momentary 3. casual; cursory; incidental [a passing remark] 4. satisfying given requirements or standards [a passing grade] 5 …   English World dictionary

  • Passing — Pass ing, adv. Exceedingly; excessively; surpassingly; as, passing fair; passing strange. You apprehend passing shrewdly. Shak. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Passing — Pass ing, n. The act of one who, or that which, passes; the act of going by or away. [1913 Webster] {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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • passing — s.n. (Sport) Pasă (1). [Scris şi pasing. / < engl. passing]. Trimis de LauraGellner, 13.07.2005. Sursa: DN  PÁSSING s. n. pasă (1). (< engl. passing) Trimis de raduborza, 15.09.2007. Sursa: MDN …   Dicționar Român

  • passing — ► ADJECTIVE 1) done quickly and casually. 2) (of a resemblance or similarity) slight. ► NOUN 1) the ending of something. 2) euphemistic a person s death. ● in passing Cf. ↑in passing …   English terms dictionary

  • passing# — passing n *death, decease, demise passing adj *transient, transitory, ephemeral, momentary, fugitive, fleeting, evanescent, short lived …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • passing — [adj] brief, casual cursory, ephemeral, evanescent, fleeting, fugacious, fugitive, glancing, hasty, impermanent, momentary, quick, shallow, short, short lived, slight, superficial, temporary, transient, transitory; concepts 551,798 Ant. lasting,… …   New thesaurus

  • Passing By — is a song written by Brian Wilson for the American pop band The Beach Boys. It was released on their 1968 album Friends . Details * Written by: Brian Wilson * Album: Friends * Time: 2 min 23 sec * Produced by: The Beach Boys Performers * Brian… …   Wikipedia

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