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bypass [ˈbaɪˌpɑːs] n 1. (Engineering / Civil Engineering) a main road built to avoid a city or other congested area 2. (Engineering / General Engineering) any system of pipes or conduits for redirecting the flow of a liquid 3. (Engineering / Mechanical Engineering) a means of redirecting the flow of a substance around an appliance through which it would otherwise pass 4. (Medicine / Surgery) Surgery a. the redirection of blood flow, either to avoid a diseased blood vessel or in order to perform heart surgery See coronary bypass b. (as modifier) bypass surgery 5. (Electronics) 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 vb -passes, -passing, -passed, -past (tr) 1. to go around or avoid (a city, obstruction, problem, etc.) 2. to cause (traffic, fluid, etc.) to go through a bypass 3. to proceed without reference to (regulations, a superior, etc.); get round; avoid
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bypass verb 1. get round, avoid, evade, circumvent, outmanoeuvre, body-swerve (Scot.) Regulators worry that controls could easily be bypassed. noun ringroad, detour, alternative route, relief road A new bypass around the city is being built. Translations bypass [ˈbaɪpɑːs] A. N 1. (= road) → circunvalación f, carretera f de circunvalación 2. (Elec) → desviación f bypass [ˈbaɪpɑːs] n (= road) → (route f de) contournement m (= operation) → pontage m vt [+ city, place] → éviter [process] → sous-produit m, dérivé m (= consequence) → conséquence f (indirecte), retombée f bypass n (= road) → Umgehungsstraße f; (Med, Tech: = pipe etc) → Bypass m; he’s had a charisma/humour (Brit) or humor (US) bypass (inf) → als Charisma/Humor verteilt wurde, haben sie ihn vergessen vt town, village → umgehen; (Med) → umgehen; (Tech) fluid, gas → umleiten; (fig) person → übergehen; intermediate stage also → überspringen; difficulties → umgehen bypass: bypass operation n → Bypassoperation f bypass surgery bypass [ˈbaɪˌpɑːs] 1. n (road) → circonvallazione f (Med) → by-pass m inv 2. vt (town) → (fare una deviazione per) evitare (fig) (person) → scavalcare; (difficulty) → aggirare bypass [ˈbaɪˌpɑːs] 1. n (road) → circonvallazione f (Med) → by-pass m inv 2. vt (town) → (fare una deviazione per) evitare (fig) (person) → scavalcare; (difficulty) → aggirare How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| If he had bypassed the weigh station, he would have been an unknown hazard to other motorists. The silicone appendages conform to the surface of the heart and enable the surgeon to position the beating heart in such a way as to ensure access to the coronary arteries that need to be bypassed. |
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