pas·sage
/ˈpasij/
noun
- the act or process of moving through, under, over, or past something on the way from one place to another."there were moorings for boats wanting passage through the lock"synonyms: transit, progress, passing, movement, moving, motion, going, crossing, traveling, traversal, traverse
- a narrow way, typically having walls on either side, allowing access between buildings or to different rooms within a building; a passageway."the larger bedroom was at the end of the passage"synonyms: corridor, passageway, hall, hallway, entrance hall, entrance, walkway, aisle, gangway, alley, alleyway, lane, path, pathway, way, footpath, track, trackway, road, thoroughfare, ginnel, snicket, vennel, wynd, twitten, twitchel, areaway, trace, gully
- the process of transition from one state to another."an allegory on the theme of the passage from ignorance to knowledge"synonyms: transition, development, progress, progression, move, change, shift, conversion, metamorphosis
- a short extract from a book or other printed material."he picked up the newspaper and read the passage again"synonyms: extract, excerpt, quotation, quote, citation, cite, reading, section, piece, selection, part, snippet, fragment, portion, text, paragraph, verse, stanza, canto, line, sentence, phrase
- the process of propagating microorganisms or cells in a series of host organisms or culture media, so as to maintain them or modify their virulence."cultured cells can replicate on serial passage for predictable periods of time"
verb
subject (a strain of microorganisms or cells) to a passage.
"each recombinant virus was passaged nine times successively"
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