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Bypass

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Noun

1. beltway, bypass, ring road, ringway

a highway that encircles an urban area so that traffic does not have to pass through the center

2. bypass

a surgically created shunt (usually around a damaged part)

3. bypass, electrical shunt, shunt

a conductor having low resistance in parallel with another device to divert a fraction of the current

Verb

4. bypass, get around, go around, short-circuit

avoid something unpleasant or laborious

Example Sentences:
'You cannot bypass these rules!'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Bypass

see synonyms of bypass
noun
1. 
a main road built to avoid a city or other congested area
2. 
any system of pipes or conduits for redirecting the flow of a liquid
3. 
a means of redirecting the flow of a substance around an appliance through which it would otherwise pass
4. surgery
a. 
the redirection of blood flow, either to avoid a diseased blood vessel or in order to perform heart surgery
coronary bypass
b. 
(as modifier)
bypass surgery
5. electronics
a. 
an electrical circuit, esp one containing a capacitor, connected in parallel around one or more components, providing an alternative path for certain frequencies
b. 
(as modifier)
a bypass capacitor
verb -passes, -passing, -passed or -past (transitive)
6. 
to go around or avoid (a city, obstruction, problem, etc)
7. 
to cause (traffic, fluid, etc) to go through a bypass
8. 
to proceed without reference to (regulations, a superior, etc); get round; avoid

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Bypass

see synonyms of bypass
noun
1. 
a way, path, etc. between two points that avoids or is auxiliary to the main way; specif., an alternative highway route, as for skirting an urban area
2. 
a pipe or channel providing an auxiliary passage for gas or liquid, as that leading to the pilot light in a gas stove
3.  Electricity
shunt (sense 7)
4. 
a. 
a surgical operation to provide passage for a fluid, as blood, around a diseased or blocked part or organ
: in full bypass operation
b. 
such a passage
verb transitive
5. 
to go around instead of through; use a bypass to avoid
6. 
to furnish with a bypass
7. 
to ignore, fail to consult, etc.

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Bypass

see synonyms of bypass
n.
1. A highway or section of a highway that passes around an obstructed or congested area.
2. A pipe or channel used to conduct gas or liquid around another pipe or a fixture.
3. A means of circumvention.
4. Electricity See shunt.
5. Medicine
a. An alternative passage created surgically to divert the flow of blood or other bodily fluid or circumvent an obstructed or diseased organ.
b. A surgical procedure to create such a channel: a coronary artery bypass; a gastric bypass.
tr.v. by·passed, by·pass·ing, by·pass·es also by-passed or by-pass·ing or by-pass·es
1. To avoid (an obstacle) by using an alternative channel, passage, or route.
2. To be heedless of; ignore: bypassed standard office procedures.
3. To channel (piped liquid, for example) through a bypass.

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