| Webster's Online Dictionary |
| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Noun | 1. A by-passage, for a pipe, or other channel, to divert circulation from the usual course.[Websters]. | |
| Verb | 1. To pass. [Eve - graph theoretic] 2. To impart.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
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Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. |
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Date "By-pass" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references) |
| 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) | ||
| Transportation | 1: A highway within a built-up area to enable traffic to avoid congested areas or other obstructions to movement. Source: European Union. (references) | ||
| 2: An alternative route for traffic to avoid congestion, obstruction, or other hazard. Source: European Union. (references) | |||
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| Expressions | Definition | ||
| Welland By-Pass | The Welland By-Pass was a massive construction project on the Welland Canal in Ontario, Canada. (references) | ||
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| By-pass lane | Transportation | A wide or widened place, or a constructed side-bay, on a road, enabling vehicles to lie up, or to pass each other on narrow stretches. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| By-pass type odorizer | Transportation | The equipment in which a portion of the main gas stream is diverted, by an orifice plate or partially closed valve in the line through a tank provided with baffles or wicking. The odorant-saturated portion of the by-pass gas is then returned to the stream. Generally used for low, more uniform flows. (references) | |
| By-pass valve | Mechanical Engineering | A valve for diverting flow around a component, connexion, or pipe, instead of through it. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| Bypass, also By-Pass | Administration | A pipe or channel used to conduct a liquid around another pipe or a fixture. (references) | |
| Full flow filter with filtered by-pass | Physics | A filter in which by-pass flow is filtered through a reserve element. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| Hot gas by-pass regulator | Mechanical Engineering | An automatic valve operated by the suction pressure which it maintains above a given value, by diverting a certain quantity of high side vapour to the low side of the system. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| Thermostatic by-pass valve | Mechanical Engineering | Valve in an engine, used to direct the oil either through the core of the cooler or around the inside of the cooler shell to maintain the proper oil temperature. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| To by-pass | Electrical Engineering | To cause to be shunted or passed around. Source: European Union. (references) | |
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Topics by Level of Interest: BY-PASS | ||||
| Topics sorted by level of Interest | Level (1=low, 600=high) | Topics sorted Alphabetically | Level (1=low, 600=high) | |
| Welland By-Pass | 15 | Dudley Southern By-Pass | 2 | |
| Marlow By-pass Bridge | 3 | Markham By-Pass | 2 | |
| Dudley Southern By-Pass | 2 | Marlow By-pass Bridge | 3 | |
| Markham By-Pass | 2 | Welland By-Pass | 15 | |
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Source: the editor, created by/for EVE to gauge likely levels of human interest in linguistically triggered topics (compiled across various sources, such as Wikipedia and specialty expression glosses). | ||||
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