Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

multi-pass

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.42 in modern English

Syllables: mul-ti---pass
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

5

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Involving several passes over something.

Example Sentences

"The multi-pass compiler skims the source code looking for directives on the first pass."
"NIP is a multi-pass transmembrane protein."
"multi-pass milling"

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Italic *moltos Latin multus Latin multīder. Middle English multi- English multi- Proto-Indo-European *peth₂-der. Proto-Italic *pattus Latin passus Proto-Italic *-āzi ▲ Latin -ereinflu. Latin -āre Vulgar Latin *passāre Old French passerbor. Middle English passen English pass English multi-pass From multi- + pass.

Questions

What does multi-pass mean?: Involving several passes over something.
Where does multi-pass come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *moltos Latin multus Latin multīder. Middle English multi- English multi- Proto-Indo-European *peth₂-der. Proto-Italic *pattus Latin passus Proto-Italic *-āzi ▲ Latin -ereinflu. Latin -āre Vulgar Latin *passāre Old French passerbor. Middle English passen English pass English multi-pass From multi- + pass.

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