PASSAGE

Passage

Passage is a science fiction novel by Connie Willis, published in 2001. The novel won the Locus Award for Best Novel in 2002, was shortlisted for the Nebula Award in 2001, and received nominations for the Hugo, Campbell, and Clarke Awards in 2002.

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passage

Noun

  1. A paragraph or section of text or music with particular meaning.
    passage of scripture
    She struggled to play the difficult passages.
  2. Part of a path or journey.
    He made his passage through the trees carefully, mindful of the stickers.
  3. The official approval of a bill or act by a parliament.
    The company was one of the prime movers in lobbying for the passage of the act.
  4. The use of tight brushwork to link objects in separate spatial plains. Commonly seen in Cubist works.
  5. A passageway or corridor.
  6. An underground cavity, formed by water or falling rocks, which is much longer than it is wide.
  7. The vagina.
  8. The act of passing

Noun (etymology 2)

  1. A movement in classical dressage, in which the horse performs a very collected, energetic, and elevated trot that has a longer period of suspension between each foot fall than a working trot.

Verb

  1. To pass a pathogen through a hosts or media
    He passaged the virus through a series of goats.
    After 24 hours, the culture was passaged to an agar plate.
  2. To make a passage, especially by sea; to cross
    They passaged to America in 1902.

Verb (etymology 2)

  1. To execute a passage movement


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