multi-pass en · ADJ
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.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Involving several passes over something.
NIP is a multi-pass transmembrane protein.
The multi-pass compiler skims the source code looking for directives on the first pass.
multi-pass milling