"passthrough" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: passthroughs [plural]
Etymology: Deverbal from pass through. Etymology templates: {{deverbal|en|pass through}} Deverbal from pass through Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} passthrough (countable and uncountable, plural passthroughs)
  1. The act or process of passing through.
    (electronics, networking) As of a signal through a device or network.
    Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Electronics, Networking
    Sense id: en-passthrough-en-noun-G5a6jKOB Categories (other): English deverbals, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English deverbals: 27 27 15 30 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 29 26 15 29 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 27 26 17 30 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 27 26 16 30 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 26 26 16 32 Topics: business, computing, electrical-engineering, electricity, electromagnetism, electronics, energy, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, networking, physical-sciences, physics, sciences
  2. The act or process of passing through.
    (business, economics) As of increased costs through a business entity to its customers through increased prices.
    Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Business, Economics
    Sense id: en-passthrough-en-noun-ZhyJqRO2 Categories (other): English deverbals, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English deverbals: 27 27 15 30 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 29 26 15 29 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 27 26 17 30 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 27 26 16 30 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 26 26 16 32 Topics: business, economics, sciences
  3. A wall opening intended to allow something to be passed through it. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-passthrough-en-noun-g1Fv6BK3 Categories (other): English deverbals, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English deverbals: 27 27 15 30 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 29 26 15 29 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 27 26 17 30 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 27 26 16 30 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 26 26 16 32
  4. (taxation) A legal entity intended to not incur (income) taxation at the entity, but solely at the beneficiaries. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Taxation Synonyms: flowthrough
    Sense id: en-passthrough-en-noun-CSJdOKCw Categories (other): English deverbals, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Russian translations Disambiguation of English deverbals: 27 27 15 30 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 29 26 15 29 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 27 26 17 30 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 27 26 16 30 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 26 26 16 32 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 24 24 20 32 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 25 25 19 31 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 24 24 19 33 Topics: economics, government, sciences, taxation
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: passthru [US], pass-through Translations (The act of passing through): läpimeno (Finnish), traversée (French), прохо́д (proxód) [masculine] (Russian), прое́зд (projézd) (note: of a vehicle) [masculine] (Russian)
Disambiguation of 'The act of passing through': 38 38 10 13

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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