contournement — meaning in English
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English meaning
- bypass noun A road built to route traffic around a town or busy area.
- workaround noun A means or method of circumventing an obstacle, particularly one arising from constraints, laws or regulatory requirements.
Senses
contournement is used for these senses in English:
- bypass A replacement road for obsolete road that is no longer in use because devastating natural disasters (earthquakes, tsunamis, landslides).
- bypass A section of pipe that conducts a fluid around some other fixture.
- workaround (computing) A procedure or a temporary fix that bypasses a problem and allows a user to continue working until a better solution can be provided.
bypass — full definition
- noun A road built to route traffic around a town or busy area.
- noun A surgical procedure that reroutes blood flow around a blocked or damaged part.
- verb To avoid something by going around it, or to skip normal procedure.
workaround — full definition
- noun A means or method of circumventing an obstacle, particularly one arising from constraints, laws or regulatory requirements.
- noun A procedure or a temporary fix that bypasses a problem and allows a user to continue working until a better solution can be provided.
- noun An impromptu and temporary response to an unforeseen problem or risk.