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  1. passusnoun

    A section of a long narrative poem; a canto

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  1. passus

    A pace is a unit of length consisting either of one normal walking step (approximately 0.75 metres or 30 inches), or of a double step, returning to the same foot (approximately 1.5 metres or 60 inches). The normal pace length decreases with age and some health conditions. The word "pace" is also used for units inverse to speed, used mainly for walking and running, commonly minutes per kilometer.The word "pace" is also used to translate similar formal units in other systems of measurement. Pacing is also used as an informal measure in surveying, with the "pace" equal to two of the surveyor's steps reckoned through comparison with a standard rod or chain.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Passus

    of Passus

  2. Passusnoun

    a division or part; a canto; as, the passus of Piers Plowman. See 2d Fit

  3. Etymology: [L., a step, a pace. See Pace.]

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of passus in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of passus in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5


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