Passing
Passing may refer to:
Sociology
- Passing (gender), presenting oneself as being cisgender
- Passing (racial identity), presenting oneself as a member of another race
- Passing (sexual orientation), presenting oneself as having another sexuality
- Passing (sociology), presenting oneself as a member of another sociological group
Literature
- Passing (novel), a novel by Nella Larsen
Math and technology
- Message passing, a form of communication in computer science
- Token passing, a channel access method in telecommunications
- Variational message passing, a mathematical technique for continuous-valued Bayesian networks
Sports
- Passing (sports), to pass a ball or puck between members of the same team
- Passing (juggling), when two or more people share a juggling pattern
Transportation
- Passing, overtaking, the act of driving around a slower automobile
- Passing lane, a lane on a road for use while overtaking
- Passing loop, a section of railway where trains can pass each other
Other uses
- Buck passing, or passing the buck, transferring responsibility to another
- Passing away, euphemism for death
- Passing out (see syncope (medicine)), or fainting, losing consciousness
- Passing off, in law, presenting one product as another
See also
- Closeted (concealing one's sexual orientation or behavior)
- Pass (disambiguation)
- Passer (disambiguation)
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