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/shunt/, v.t.
1. to shove or turn (someone or something) aside or out of the way.
2. to sidetrack; get rid of.
3. Elect.
a. to divert (a part of a current) by connecting a circuit element in parallel with another.
b. to place or furnish with a shunt.
4. Railroads. to shift (
rolling stock) from one track to another; switch.
5. Surg.
a. to divert blood or other fluid by means of a shunt.
b. the tube itself.
6. to move or turn aside or out of the way.
7. (of a locomotive with rolling stock) to move from track to track or from point to point, as in a railroad yard; switch.
n.
8. the act of shunting; shift.
9. Also called
bypass.
Elect. a conducting element bridged across a circuit or a portion of a circuit, establishing a current path auxiliary to the main circuit, as a resistor placed across the terminals of an ammeter for increasing the range of the device.
10. a railroad switch.
11. Surg. a channel through which blood or other bodily fluid is diverted from its normal path by surgical reconstruction or by a synthetic tube.
12. Anat. an anastomosis.
adj.
13. Elect. being, having, or operating by means of a shunt: a shunt circuit; a shunt generator.
[1175-1225; (v.) ME schunten, shonten to shy (said of horses); (n.) ME, deriv. of the v.; akin to SHUN]
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shunt — [ ʃœ̃t ] n. m. • 1881; mot angl., de to shunt « dériver » ♦ Anglic. 1 ♦ Électr. Résistance, placée en dérivation, généralement aux bornes d un appareil afin de modifier son calibre ou de le protéger. ⇒ court circuit, 1. dérivation. 2 ♦ Méd. Court … Encyclopédie Universelle
Shunt — 〈[ ʃʌ̣nt] m. 6〉 = Nebenwiderstand [<engl. shunt „Nebengleis, elektr. Nebenschluss“] * * * Shunt [ʃʌnt; englisch, eigentlich »(Zusammen)stoß«] der, s/ s, 1) elektrische Messtechnik: Nebenschluss. 2) … Universal-Lexikon
Shunt — Shunt, n. [Cf. D. schuinte slant, slope, declivity. See {Shunt}, v. t.] 1. (Railroad) A turning off to a side or short track, that the principal track may be left free. [1913 Webster] 2. (Elec.) A conducting circuit joining two points in a… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
shunt´er — shunt «shuhnt», verb, noun. –v.t. 1. a) to switch (a train) from one track to another: »The car was uncoupled from the rest of the train and shunted into a siding (London Times). SYNONYM(S): deflection. b) to switch (anything) to another route or … Useful english dictionary
Shunt — Shunt, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Shunted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Shunting}.] [Prov. E., to move from, to put off, fr. OE. shunten, schunten, schounten; cf. D. schuinte a slant, slope, Icel. skunda to hasten. Cf. {Shun}.] 1. To shun; to move from. [Obs. or… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Shunt — may refer to:* Shunt (medical), a hole or passage allowing fluid to move from one part of the body to another * Shunt (electrical), a device allowing electrical current to pass around a point in a circuit * Shunt (railway operations), the process … Wikipedia
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shunt — [shunt] vt., vi. [ME schunten < ? or akin to SHUN] 1. to move or turn to one side; turn aside or out of the way 2. to shift or switch, as a train, car, etc. from one track to another 3. Elec. to divert or be diverted by a shunt: said of a… … English World dictionary
shunt — s.m.inv. ES ingl. {{wmetafile0}} 1. TS elettron. resistenza collegata in parallelo con un circuito elettrico allo scopo di diminuire l intensità della corrente che vi circola 2. TS elettr. → derivatore 3. TS edil. canna fumaria che raccoglie i… … Dizionario italiano
Shunt — [ʃant] der; s, s <aus gleichbed. engl. shunt, eigtl. »(Zusammen)stoß«, zu to shunt, vgl. ↑shunten>: 1. parallel geschalteter Widerstand (Elektrot.). 2. a) infolge eines angeborenen Defekts bestehende Verbindung zwischen großem u. kleinem… … Das große Fremdwörterbuch
Shunt — Shunt, v. i. To go aside; to turn off. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
