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multi-pass

multi-pass adjective: involving several passes over something.

Adjective

multi-pass (not comparable)

  1. Involving several passes over something.
    • The multi-pass compiler skims the source code looking for directives on the first pass.
    • NIP is a multi-pass transmembrane protein.

Origin of multi-pass

From multi- + pass.

Questions about multi-pass

What does multi-pass mean?
Multi-pass means involving several passes over something.
What part of speech is multi-pass?
Multi-pass is an adjective.

Words near multi-pass in the dictionary

  1. multi-paradigm
  2. multi-particle
  3. multi-partner
  4. multi-partnering
  5. multi-party
  6. multi-pass
  7. multi-payer
  8. multi-perspectivalism
  9. multi-perspectivism
  10. multi-planetary
  11. multi-platform

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