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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

• Bypass capacitor, used to bypass a power supply or other high impedance component
• High bypass, a turbofan aircraft gas turbine engine
  • Bypass duct
  • Bypass ratio
• Bleach bypass, an optical effect
• Bypass switch, access port for an in-line active security appliance
• Bypass (telecommunications)
• Bypass valve
  • A blowoff valve on a compressor
  • A manual gas addition valve on a 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

• All pages with titles beginning with Bypass
• All pages with titles containing Bypass
• Pass (disambiguation)

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