Hypertext Webster Gateway: "bypass"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
By-pass \By"-pass\, n. (Mech.)
A by-passage, for a pipe, or other channel, to divert
circulation from the usual course.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
bypass
n 1: a road that takes traffic around the edge of a town [syn: {circumferential},
{ring road}]
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 [syn: {shunt},
{electrical shunt}]
v : avoid something unpleasant or laborious; "You cannot bypass
these rules!" [syn: {short-circuit}, {go around}, {get
around}]
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