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Bypass
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bypass
v.
evade, avoid; go around; take a detour
n.
road which avoids a city or traffic area; detour; (Medicine) new pathway surgically created (for example: one created around an obstructed segment in the blood-pumping system or around a blocked alimentary tract); tubular pathway created surgically
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Bypass
Bypass may refer to:
- Bypass (audio), in effects units, a switch that allows sound
- Bypass (computing), in computing, circumventing security features in hacking, or taking a different approach to an issue in troubleshooting
- Bypass (road)
- Bypass surgery
- Bypass (telecommunications)
- Bypass (valve)
- Bypass capacitor, used to bypass a power supply or other high impedance component
- High bypass, a turbofan aircraft gas turbine engine
- Bleach bypass, an optical effect
- Bypass switch
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bypass
Noun
1. a road that takes traffic around the edge of a town
(synonym) circumferential, ring road
(hypernym) road, route
(derivation) short-circuit, go around, get around
2. a surgically created shunt (usually around a damaged part)
(hypernym) shunt
3. a conductor having low resistance in parallel with another device to divert a fraction of the current
(synonym) shunt, electrical shunt
(hypernym) conductor
(part-holonym) circuit, electrical circuit, electric circuit
Verb
1. avoid something unpleasant or laborious; "You cannot bypass these rules!"
(synonym) short-circuit, go around, get around
(hypernym) avoid
(derivation) circumferential, ring road
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Bypass (der)
nm.
bypass, road which avoids a city or traffic area; detour
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bypass
nm.
bypass, detour
