TO BYPASS

Definition: BYPASS

BYPASS

Noun

1. A road that takes traffic around the edge of a town.

2. A surgically created shunt (usually around a damaged part).

3. A conductor having low resistance in parallel with another device to divert a fraction of the current.

Verb

1. Avoid something unpleasant or laborious; "You cannot bypass these rules!".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Electrical Engineering

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Crosswords: TO BYPASS

Books

• Questions from the Heart: Answers to 100 Questions About Chelation Therapy, a Safe Alternative to Bypass Surgery (reference)

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Health

They are small enough to bypass the natural defenses of upper respiratory passages, such as hairs in the nose or the hairlike cilia in the bronchial tubes. (references)

Clots in the blood are usually filtered out by the lungs, but PFO could allow emboli or blood clots to bypass the lungs and go directly through the arteries to the brain, potentially causing a stroke. (references)

The scope is guided into position so that a small hole can be made in the floor of the third ventricle, allowing the CSF to bypass the obstruction and flow toward the site of resorption around the surface of the brain. (references)

Business

This situation provides present enterprises with the opportunity to bypass outdated technology in favor of modern solutions. (references)

To meet the exploding demand for high-speed Internet (and other data services), InfoSat chose to use satellites to bypass the terrestrial network. (references)

In order to attain, and then lengthen, medical consultations from quality doctors at high end hospitals, many Chinese patients must use connections (guanxi) to bypass standard procedures- they choose to "zuo hou menr" or "use the backdoor"- and pass on the hong bao. One informed source stated that some doctors in Southern China are reported to earn between RMB1-2 million a year from the hong bao, while the average doctor's salary is RMB2,000-3,000 per month. (references)

Civil Liberties

Zambia

The media have criticized these provisions as a clear infringement of press freedom and as a means for parliamentarians to bypass the court system in dealing with libel suits against the media. (references)

Economic History

France

The arrival of the next generation satellite networks will allow competitors to bypass the local loop without requiring circuit switching. (references)

Syria

Most foreign franchisers also find that, in order to operate effectively, they must establish their enterprise as a five-star tourist enterprise to bypass restrictive import laws. (references)

Human Rights

Haiti

In his address, he called on police and citizens to bypass the judicial system if they caught persons in the act of committing a crime. (references)

Political Economy

Haiti

In June President Aristide, reacting to a sharp increase in crime and insecurity, announced a policy of "zero tolerance," urging police and citizens to bypass the judicial system if they caught alleged perpetrators in the commission of a crime. (references)

Political Rights

Russia

Campaigns pay "under the table" for stories favorable to their candidate, which allows them to bypass limits on campaign spending. (references)

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Chinese 

旁路 . (various references)

Danish

by-pass (bypassing, to by-pass). (various references)

Dutch

omleiding (detour). (various references)

Finnish

ohittaa (overtake, pass), kiertää (circle, circulate, dodge, evade, go around, make a detour, rotate, turn, twist, wind). (various references)

French

contourner (to by-pass, to round). (various references)

German

umgehen (avoid, be about, bypass, circulate, circumvent, close in, coddle, elude, evade, get round, go about, go around, go round, haunt, obviate, outflank, to circumvent, to elude, walk). (various references)

Greek 

παρακάμπτω (circumvent, detour, skate over, slide over). (various references)

Italian

cortocircuitare (to by-pass). (various references)

Pig Latin

otay ypassbay

Portuguese

contornar (contour, outline). (various references)

Spanish

puntear (Dot, fleck, flecker, pick, plonk, pluck, stipple, twang), contornear (contour). (various references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-2 letters: boasts, bypass, bypast, sabots.

-3 letters: abyss, atopy, basso, bassy, basts, boast, boats, bossy, botas, oasts, pasts, pasty, patsy, posts, potsy, psoas, sabot, sayst, soaps, soapy, soyas, spats, spays, spots, stabs, stays, stoas, stobs, stops, sysop, typos.

-4 letters: abos, abys, asps, atop, baps, bass, bast, bats, bays, boas, boat, bops, boss, bota, bots, boys.

+2 letters: hypoblasts.

+4 letters: lymphoblasts, polysorbates.

+5 letters: disposability.