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passby

passby noun: an instance of one thing passing by another.

Noun

passby (plural passbys)

  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. A siding for coal tubs.

Forms of passby

pluralpassbys
alternative formpassbye

Questions about passby

What does passby mean?
Passby means an instance of one thing passing by another.
What part of speech is passby?
Passby is a noun.
What is the plural of passby?
The plural of passby is passbys.

Words near passby in the dictionary

  1. passback
  2. passband
  3. passbands
  4. passbook
  5. passbooks
  6. passby
  7. passbye
  8. passbyes
  9. passbys
  10. passcard
  11. passcards

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