Shunt

[ʃʌnt]

Definition

(noun.) implant consisting of a tube made of plastic or rubber; for draining fluids within the body.

(noun.) a conductor having low resistance in parallel with another device to divert a fraction of the current.

(noun.) a passage by which a bodily fluid (especially blood) is diverted from one channel to another; 'an arteriovenus shunt'.

(verb.) transfer to another track, of trains.

(verb.) provide with or divert by means of an electrical shunt.

Checker: Zelig--From WordNet

Definition

(v. t.) To shun; to move from.

(v. t.) To cause to move suddenly; to give a sudden start to; to shove.

(v. t.) 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.

(v. t.) To provide with a shunt; as, to shunt a galvanometer.

(v. i.) To go aside; to turn off.

(v. t.) A turning off to a side or short track, that the principal track may be left free.

(v. t.) 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.

(v. t.) 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.

Checked by Eli

Synonyms and Synonymous

v. a. [England.] Switch (from one set of rails to another).

Checker: Mimi

Definition

v.t. to turn aside to turn off upon a side-rail: to shove off free one's self from.—v.i. to turn aside: to use a switch or shunt in railways and electrics.—n. a short side-rail for allowing the main-line to be kept free: (electr.) a conductor joining two points of a circuit through which a part of the current is diverted.—ns. Shun′ter; Shun′ting.

Typist: Ruth