passby

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noun

An instance of one thing passing by another.

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Meanings

nounpassby (plural passbys)

plural passbys · alternative passbye

  1. An instance of one thing passing by another.

    […] a passby of a moving source. One must be careful to distinguish these from certain measures of total sound exposure received from a moving source during a passby event.

    1991, Harvey H. Hubbard, Aeroacoustics of Flight Vehicles: Noise control, page 55
  2. businessA siding for coal tubs.

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APA

passby. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/passby

MLA

“passby.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/passby. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “passby,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/passby.

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