BYPASS Definition & Meaning

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bypass

or by-pass

[ bahy-pas, -pahs ]

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noun

a road enabling motorists to avoid a city or other heavy traffic points or to drive around an obstruction.
a secondary pipe or other channel connected with a main passage, as for conducting a liquid or gas around a fixture, pipe, or appliance.
Electricity. shunt ( def 9 ).
a surgical procedure in which a diseased or obstructed hollow organ is temporarily or permanently circumvented. Compare coronary bypass, gastric bypass, heart-lung machine, intestinal bypass.

verb (used with object)

bypassed or (Rare) bypast; bypassed or bypast; bypassing.

to avoid (an obstruction, city, etc.) by following a bypass.
to cause (fluid or gas) to follow a secondary pipe or bypass.
to neglect to consult or to ignore the opinion or decision of:
He bypassed the foreman and took his grievance straight to the owner.

bypass

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noun

a main road built to avoid a city or other congested area
any system of pipes or conduits for redirecting the flow of a liquid
a means of redirecting the flow of a substance around an appliance through which it would otherwise pass
surgery
1. the redirection of blood flow, either to avoid a diseased blood vessel or in order to perform heart surgery See coronary bypass
2. ( as modifier )
  bypass surgery
electronics
1. an electrical circuit, esp one containing a capacitor, connected in parallel around one or more components, providing an alternative path for certain frequencies
2. ( as modifier )
  a bypass capacitor

verb

to go around or avoid (a city, obstruction, problem, etc)
to cause (traffic, fluid, etc) to go through a bypass
to proceed without reference to (regulations, a superior, etc); get round; avoid

bypass

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A passage created surgically to divert the flow of blood or other bodily fluid or to circumvent an obstructed or diseased organ.

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of bypass¹

1840–50; apparently back formation from by-passage; by (adj.), passage ¹

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Following Riggs' appeal, the case will return before the state Supreme Court, which in January sent Griffin's petitions back to the trial court for bypassing the usual procedure for filing an election challenge.

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So next time you’re in the herb aisle, perusing the verdant options, bypass the usual suspects.

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Contrast this with other TLC shows like their staple series “My 600-Lb Life,” which follows morbidly obese people as they struggle to lose weight and get gastric bypass surgery.

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Donald Trump’s EPA says coal plants and other industrial polluters can ask to bypass provisions of the Clean Air Act by sending the agency an email.

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However, Lord Falconer, the Labour peer and former justice secretary under Tony Blair, warned against "emergency legislation" to bypass the council.

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