Passing

Passing may refer to:

Social identity

• Passing (sociology), presenting oneself as a member of another sociological group
  • Passing (gender), presenting oneself as being cisgender
  • Passing (racial identity), presenting oneself as a member of another race

Literature and film

• Passing (novel), a novel by Nella Larsen
  • Passing (film), directed by Rebecca Hall (2021), based on Larsen's novel

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 (American football)
  • Passing (association football), or soccer
• 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 "dying"
• A syncope is an instance of passing out, also called fainting or losing consciousness
• Passing off, in law, presenting one product as another
• Passing, a type of metallic thread used in embroidery

See also

• Closeted (concealing one's sexual orientation or behavior)
• Pass (disambiguation)
• Passer (disambiguation)
• The Passing (disambiguation)

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