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1. (v.t.) shunt
to force or turn aside or out of the way.
2. shunt
to divert (a part of an electrical current) by connecting a circuit element in parallel with another.
3. shunt
to place or furnish with a shunt.
4. shunt
to shift (railroad rolling stock) from one track to another; switch.
5. shunt
to divert (blood or other fluid) by means of a shunt.
6. (v.i.) shunt
to turn to the side.
7. shunt
to move back and forth.
8. (n.) shunt
the act of shunting; shift.
9. shunt
a conducting element bridged across part of an electrical circuit so as to establish a parallel, alternative path for a portion of the current.
10. shunt
a railroad switch.
11. shunt
a channel through which blood or other bodily fluid is diverted from its normal path by surgical reconstruction or by a synthetic tube.
Etymology: (1175–1225; ME schunten to shy (of horses); obscurely akin to shun)
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| Definition of 'shunt' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) shunt
a passage by which a bodily fluid (especially blood) is diverted from one channel to another
"an arteriovenus shunt"
2. (noun) shunt, electrical shunt, bypass
a conductor having low resistance in parallel with another device to divert a fraction of the current
3. (verb) shunt
implant consisting of a tube made of plastic or rubber; for draining fluids within the body
4. (verb) shunt
transfer to another track, of trains
5. (verb) shunt
provide with or divert by means of an electrical shunt
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (verb) shunt
to shun; to move from
2. (verb) shunt
to cause to move suddenly; to give a sudden start to; to shove
3. (verb) shunt
to turn off to one side; especially, to turn off, as a grain or a car upon a side track; to switch off; to shift
4. (verb) shunt
to provide with a shunt; as, to shunt a galvanometer
5. (verb) shunt
to go aside; to turn off
6. (verb) shunt
a turning off to a side or short track, that the principal track may be left free
7. (verb) shunt
a conducting circuit joining two points in a conductor, or the terminals of a galvanometer or dynamo, so as to form a parallel or derived circuit through which a portion of the current may pass, for the purpose of regulating the amount passing in the main circuit
8. (verb) shunt
the shifting of the studs on a projectile from the deep to the shallow sides of the grooves in its discharge from a shunt gun
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The Standard Electrical Dictionary |
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1. shunt
In a current circuit a connection in parallel with a portion of the circuit. Thus in a dynamo a special winding for the field may have its ends connected to the bushes, from which the regular external circuit also starts. The field is then wound in shunt with the armature. In the case of a galvanometer a resistance coil may be put in parallel with it to prevent too much current going through the galvanometer; this connection is a shunt.
The word is used as a noun, as "a shunt," or "a connection or apparatus in shunt with another," and as an adjective, as "a shunt connection," or as a verb, as "to shunt a battery."
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