Bypass

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 turbojet
• 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

• Pass (disambiguation)
• By (disambiguation)
• Byway (disambiguation)