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passbye

passbye is the dated form of passby.

Meaning of passby

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 passbye

pluralpassbyes

Questions about passbye

What is passbye the dated form of?
Passbye is the dated form of passby.

Words near passbye in the dictionary

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

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