multi-pass

adjective

Involving several passes over something.

“multi-pass milling”

OriginEnglish pass ← Middle English passen ← Old French passer →
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Meanings

adjectivemulti-pass (not comparable)
  1. not comparableInvolving several passes over something.

    multi-pass milling

    2 more examples

    The multi-pass compiler skims the source code looking for directives on the first pass.

    NIP is a multi-pass transmembrane protein.

Origin

  1. Proto-Italic*moltos
  2. Latinmultus
  3. Latinmultī
  4. Middle Englishmulti-
  5. Englishmulti-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*peth₂-
  7. Proto-Italic*pattus
  8. Latinpassus
  9. Vulgar Latin*passāre
  10. Old Frenchpasser
  11. Middle Englishpassen
  12. Englishpass
  13. Englishmulti-pass

From multi- + pass.

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APA

multi-pass. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/multi-pass

MLA

“multi-pass.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/multi-pass. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “multi-pass,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/multi-pass.

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