bypass

Definitions

General English

• verb to go round a town, avoiding the centre

Aviation

• noun an alternative pipe, channel, etc.

Cars & Driving

• noun a road going round and thus avoiding a town or other congested area
• noun the means such as a passage through which the flow of a liquid or gas is redirected in place of its original or main course

Computing

• noun an alternative route around a component or device, usually a faulty one, so that it is not used

Construction

• A pipe or duct used to divert flow around an element.
• A pipe used to divert flow around another pipe or piping system.

Electronics

• A low impedance path which allows a current to flow around one or more circuits or components, as opposed to through it. This path may be intentionally or unintentionally created. Also, to create such a path. Also called shunt (2).
• In telecommunications, avoiding the use of the local telephone company as a transmission pathway. A satellite, for instance, may serve as an alternative route.

Medical

• noun a surgical operation to redirect the blood, usually using a grafted blood vessel and usually performed when one of the person’s own blood vessels is blocked
• noun a new route for the blood created by a bypass operation

Military

• noun a road which passes around the outside of a town (in order to avoid going through the centre)
• verb to move past an enemy position without engaging it

Travel

• noun a road which goes round a town
• verb to avoid a place, especially a busy or congested place, by taking a route around it

Nearby Definitions of “bypass”

• bush
• bust
• butt
• butter
• button
• bypass
• cabaret
• cabbage
• cabin
• cable
• cache

Contexts for “bypass”

15 definitions in context
• General English
• Aviation
• Cars & Driving
• Computing
• Construction
• Electronics
• Medical
• Military
• Travel