Result from Foreign Dictionaries (2 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Passing \Pass"ing\, a.
1. Relating to the act of passing or going; going by, beyond,
through, or away; departing.
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2. Exceeding; surpassing, eminent. --Chaucer. "Her passing
deformity." --Shak.
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{Passing note} (Mus.), a character including a passing tone.
{Passing tone} (Mus.), a tone introduced between two other
tones, on an unaccented portion of a measure, for the sake
of smoother melody, but forming no essential part of the
harmony.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
passing note
n 1: a nonharmonic note inserted for transition between harmonic
notes [syn: {passing note}, {passing tone}]