The Collaborative International Dictionary
Passing \Pass"ing\, a.
Relating to the act of passing or going; going by, beyond, through, or away; departing.
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Exceeding; surpassing, eminent.
--Chaucer. ``Her passing deformity.''
--Shak.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.
WordNet
n. a nonharmonic note inserted for transition between harmonic notes [syn: passing tone]
Usage examples of "passing note".
However, this is all incidental--a mere passing note of gratitude for blessings received--it has nothing to do with my subject.
The Eel's agent, out on his morning stroll, would in passing note his contact's absence and simply continue on his way.
It played on and on, a song without end, and Cadderly felt himself foiling toward it, becoming no more than a passing note among an infinite number of passing notes.
Langdon's manuscript, while discussing the Louvre's elaborate collection of goddess art, had made passing note of this modest pyramid.