Bypasses

Bypass may refer to:

* Bypass (road), a road that avoids a built-up area (not to be confused with passing lane)
* Flood bypass of a river

Science and technology

Medicine

* Bypass surgery, a class of surgeries including for example:
** Heart bypass
** Gastric bypass
** Cardiopulmonary bypass

Other

* Bleach bypass, an optical effect produced by skipping a step when developing colour film
* Bypass capacitor, used to bypass a power supply or other high impedance component
* Bypass ratio in turbofan aircraft engines
** Bypass duct, whose size controls the bypass ratio
* Bypass switch, access port for an in-line active security appliance
* Bypass (telecommunications)
* Bypass tube
* Bypass valve
** A blowoff valve on a compressor
** A Diving rebreather#Oxygen feed options on a diving rebreather

Other uses

* '' The Bypass'', a 2003 short silent Bollywood film
* Railroad bypass, a new railroad line built to replace or supplement an existing route
* By-pass Variegated, an architectural style

See also

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* Pass (disambiguation)
* By (disambiguation)
* Byway (disambiguation)

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