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passage (s) (noun), passages (pl)
1. A section of a text or music with a certain meaning: Peggy repeated the passage in the piano piece many times before she could play it without any mistakes.
2. The progress of time; passing: Meg was surprised at the passage of time because it wa suddenly six o'clock in the evening and she was late for dinner.
3. A corridor; a hallway: Mildred was told to follow the passage the whole way and then turn right.
4. The fee which is paid for being conveyed from one place to another: The passage to Toronto Island was at a reduced rate that day.
5. Nautical, a channel of water, a narrow waterway: Mr. Smith told his class about the Northwest Passage and what role it played in the history of America.
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(Greek: a drain, passage; sewer)
(Greek: gullet, throat [passage from the mouth to the stomach], that which carries food; the path along which food travels from the mouth to the stomach)
(Latin: pipe; an abnormal passage or communication, usually between two internal organs, or leading from an internal organ to the surface of the body)
(Greek: narrow passage or ridge; narrow passage or strip [especially of bodily tissue] connecting two larger entities)
(Latin: opening or passageway in the body, bodily opening or canal; or to go, to pass; a passage)
(One of the body's busiest passage ways and essential to a person's well being)
(a passage repeated or reproduced from a statement by someone; sometimes correctly)
(Greek > Latin: that which binds tightly, press together; band, lace; hence, muscle that closes an aperture of the body; a ringlike band of muscle fibers that constricts a passage or closes a natural orifice)
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frontal passage, fropa
The passage of a weather front over a specific point on the surface.

It is reflected by a change in dew point and temperature, the shift in wind direction, and a change in atmospheric pressure.

In addition, the passage of a weather front may include precipitation and clouds.

This entry is located in the following unit: front-, fronto- (page 2)