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Princeton's WordNet

  1. forward pass, aerialnoun

    a pass to a receiver downfield from the passer

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  1. forward passnoun

    A pass in the forward direction, advancing toward the goal, generally illegal except in American football, once per play, from behind the line of scrimmage.

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  1. forward pass

    In project management, a forward pass refers to the calculation of the earliest start and finish times for each activity in a project schedule, starting from the project's beginning and moving towards the end. This process helps to determine the project's earliest completion time and identify the critical path. In the context of neural networks and machine learning, a forward pass refers to the process of inputting data into the neural network and the network producing an output. This is the process through which predictions are made. The forward pass involves calculations that apply weights and biases to the input data and use activation functions to produce the output. In American football, a forward pass refers to a gameplay method where an offensive player throws the ball forward to another player, who tries to move the ball towards the opponent's end zone to score points. The specific definition and usage would depend on the context in which it's used.

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  1. Forward pass

    In several forms of football a forward pass is a throwing of the ball in the direction that the offensive team is trying to move, towards the defensive team's goal line. The forward pass is one of main distinguishers between gridiron football in which the play is legal and widespread, and rugby football from which the North American games evolved, in which the play is illegal. In some football codes, such as association football, the kicked forward pass is used so ubiquitously that it is not thought of as a distinct kind of play at all. In these sports, the concept of offside is used to regulate who can be in front of the play or be nearest to the goal. However, this has not always been the case. Some earlier incarnations of football allowed unlimited forward passing, while others had strict offside rules similar to rugby. The development of the forward pass in American football shows how the game has evolved from its rugby roots into the distinctive game it is today. Illegal and experimental forward passes had been attempted as early as 1876, but the first legal forward pass in American football took place in 1906, after a change in rules. Another change in rules occurred on January 18, 1951, which established that no center, tackle, or guard could receive a forward pass. Today, the only linemen who can receive a forward pass are the ends. Current rules regulate who may throw and who may receive a forward pass, and under what circumstances, as well as how the defensive team may try to prevent a pass from being completed. The primary pass thrower is the quarterback, and statistical analysis is used to determine a quarterback's success rate at passing in various situations, as well as a team's overall success at the "passing game."

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of forward pass in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of forward pass in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

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