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Definition: BY-PASS |
BY-PASSNoun1. A by-passage, for a pipe, or other channel, to divert circulation from the usual course. |
| Domain | Definition |
Biology & Biotechnology | The botanical name for the group of vascular flowering plants that produce seeds enclosed in an ovary. Source: European Union. (references) |
Building & Civil Engineering | A highway within a built-up area to enable traffic to avoid congested areas or other obstructions to movement. Source: European Union. (references) |
| An alternative route for traffic to avoid congestion, obstruction, or other hazard. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: BY-PASS |
| Specialty definitions using "BY-PASS": by-pass lane, by-pass valve ♦ full flow filter with filtered by-pass ♦ hot gas by-pass regulator ♦ pneumo-oxygenator ♦ thermostatic by-pass valve, to by-pass. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "BY-PASS" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses. French (bypass). |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
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Business | The most widely used surgery for the unblocking of the arteries in Argentina is the by-pass operation. (references) | |
Under the new system, the family doctor has been given a gatekeeper role so that patients should no longer be able to by-pass their primary care doctor and consult with specialists without referrals. (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "BY-PASS" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 71.25% of the time. "BY-PASS" is used about 160 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 71.25% | 114 | 30,294 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 24.38% | 39 | 55,036 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 3.75% | 6 | 143,867 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.63% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 160 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "BY-PASS": by-pass-a. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "BY-PASS"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 旁路 (bypass). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | shuntledning (shunt, shunt wire), shunt (shunt), omloebsledning (shunt), omkoerselsvej (detour, diversion), omkoersel (detour, diversion), extracorporeal cirkulation (artificial blood shunt, extracorporeal blood circulation, extracorporeal circulation), extracorporalt kredsløb (artificial blood shunt, extracorporeal blood circulation, extracorporeal circulation), afledning (abreaction, abstraction, derivate, derivation, derivative, derivative word, derived word, diversion, lead, shunt, water abstraction), aflastningsvej (alternative routing, detour, relief road). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | wegverlegging (detour, diversion), wegomlegging (detour, diversion), verkeersverlegging (alternative routing, detour, relief road), verkeersomlegging (alternative routing, detour, relief road), shuntstrom (shunt), shunt (shunt), omlegging (alternative routing, detour, diversion, relief road, turn), nevenleiding (shunt), extracorporele circulatie (artificial blood shunt, extracorporeal blood circulation, extracorporeal circulation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | väistöpaikka (by-pass lane, lay-by, passing bay, passing place, turn-out), täysvirtasuodatin suodatetulla ohivirtauksella (full flow filter with filtered by-pass), sivuutuspaikka (by-pass lane, lay-by, passing bay, passing place, turn-out), ohivirtausventtiili (blast gate, by-pass valve, shunt valve, waste gate), ohivirtausmoottori (by-pass engine, ducted-fan turbine engine, turbofan), ohittaa (overtake, pass), kohtaamispaikka (by-pass lane, lay-by, passing bay, passing place, turn-out), kiertää (circle, circulate, dodge, evade, go around, make a detour, rotate, turn, twist, wind). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | by-pass (bypass), voie parallèle, voie complémentaire, shunt, déviation, détour, dérivation (bypass, bypass operation), contournement, circulation extracorporelle. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | by-pass (shunt), Umleitung (detour, diversion, redirecting, redirection), Umgehungsstraße (belt, beltway, by pass, bypass, ring road), Umgehung (avoidance, by passing, bypass, bypassing, circumvention, evasion, getting round, going round, outflanking, ring road), Umfahrungsstraße (alternative routing, detour, relief road), Umfahrt (bypass), shunt (shunt), Ortsumgehung (alternative routing, detour, relief road), Nebenschluss (parallel connection, shunt), kuenstliche Blutumleitung (artificial blood shunt, extracorporeal blood circulation, extracorporeal circulation), extrakorporaler Kreislauf (artificial blood shunt, extracorporeal blood circulation, extracorporeal circulation), Entlastungsstraße (alternative routing, detour, relief road). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | παρακαμπτήρια δίοδος by-pass (shunt), εξωσωματική κυκλοφορία (artificial blood shunt, extracorporeal blood circulation, extracorporeal circulation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | párhuzamos áramkör, mellékút (bypass, by-pass road, byroad, byway, feeder, off road, side road), mellékáramkör (shunt, tributary circuit), megkerülő vezeték, kitérőút (by-pass road), kitérő (bay, crossing, deflector, double, evasive, recess, shuffling), kiegyenlítő szelep, kerülőút (by-pass road, double), ikercsatorna, hullámszűrő, gyújtóláng (pilot light), cseppláng, összekötő út (main cross-road, through road), átvágó út, áteresztő szelep. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | by-pass (bypass, shunt), shunt (shunt), percorso alternativo (alternative routing, detour, relief road), deviazione stradale (bypass), deviazione (aberration, deflection, departure, detour, deviation, diversion, offset, shunt, swerve), derivazione (bypass, derivation, derivative, derive, lineage, origin, shunt, shunting), circonvallazione di una zona (alternative routing, detour, relief road). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 우회 (bypass, Detour). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | shallane, shagheydane, raad shaghnee. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | y-passbay variante (change over, deviation, variant, variation), desvio (aberrance, aberration, break, canting, crossroad, deflection, deflexion, departure, detour, deviation, deviousness, digression, diversity, leakage, meander, misapplication, roundabout, set, shunt, sidetrack, siding, switch, turn, turnabout, turning, veering), derivação (bifurcation, derivation, offshoot, twig), circulação extracorporal (artificial blood shunt, extracorporeal blood circulation, extracorporeal circulation), alternativa (alternate, alternating, alternative, option). (various references) variante (combination, variant), desvío de circunvalación (alternative routing, detour, relief road), derivacion (shunt), circulación extracorporal (artificial blood shunt, extracorporeal blood circulation, extracorporeal circulation). (various references) sidoväg (by pass), gå förbi (by pass). (various references) sowulmak (turn). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: bypass. | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-p-s-s-y" | |
-1 letter: abyss, bassy, spays. | |
-2 letters: abys, asps, baps, bass, bays, pass, pays, pyas, sabs, saps, says, spas, spay, yaps. | |
-3 letters: abs, aby, asp, ass, ays, bap, bas, bay, bys, pas, pay, pya, sab, sap, say, spa, spy, yap. | |
-4 letters: ab, as, ay, ba, by, pa, ya. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-b-p-s-s-y" | |
+2 letters: bypassed, bypasses, passably, passerby, paystubs. | |
+3 letters: bypassing, passersby. | |
+4 letters: hypabyssal, hypoblasts, impassably, impassibly, supposably. | |
+5 letters: bathyscaphs, cyberspaces, presbyopias. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)42 59 2D 50 41 53 53 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000010 01011001 00101101 01010000 01000001 01010011 01010011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)B Y - P A S S |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0042 0059 002D 0050 0041 0053 0053 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)36591550355353 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Commercial 4. Quotations: Non-fiction | 5. Usage Frequency 6. Expressions 7. Translations: Modern 8. Anagrams | 9. Orthography 10. Bibliography |
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