Bypass may refer to:
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Bypass (road)
A bypass is a road or highway that avoids or "bypasses" a built-up area, town, or village, to let through traffic flow without interference from local traffic, to reduce congestion in the built-up area, and to improve road safety. A bypass spec ...
, a road that avoids a built-up area (not to be confused with passing lane)
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Flood bypass of a river
Science and technology
Medicine
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Bypass surgery, a class of surgeries including for example:
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Heart bypass
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Gastric bypass
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Cardiopulmonary bypass
Other
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Bypass capacitor, used to bypass a power supply or other high impedance component
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High bypass, a turbofan aircraft gas turbine engine
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Bypass duct
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Bypass ratio
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Bleach bypass, an optical effect
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Bypass (telecommunications)
* Bypass valve
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blowoff valve on a compressor
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manual gas addition valve on a rebreather
Other uses
* ''
The Bypass'', a 2003 short silent Bollywood film
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Railroad bypass, a new railroad line built to replace or supplement an existing route
See also
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Pass (disambiguation)
Pass, PASS, The Pass or Passed may refer to:
Places
* Pass, County Meath, a townland in Ireland
* Pass, Poland, a village in Poland
* Pass, an alternate term for a number of straits: see List of straits
*Mountain pass, a lower place in a moun ...
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