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shunt
[ shuhnt ]
verb (used with object)
- to shove or turn (someone or something) aside or out of the way.
- to sidetrack; get rid of.
- Electricity.
- to divert (a part of a current) by connecting a circuit element in parallel with another.
- to place or furnish with a shunt.
- Railroads. to shift (rolling stock) from one track to another; switch.
- Surgery.
- to divert blood or other fluid by means of a shunt.
- the tube itself.
- to move or turn aside or out of the way.
- (of a locomotive with rolling stock) to move from track to track or from point to point, as in a railroad yard; switch.
noun
- the act of shunting; shift.
- Also called bypass. Electricity. 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.
- a railroad switch.
- Surgery. a channel through which blood or other bodily fluid is diverted from its normal path by surgical reconstruction or by a synthetic tube.
- Anatomy. an anastomosis.
adjective
- Electricity. being, having, or operating by means of a shunt:
a shunt circuit; a shunt generator.
shunt
/ ʃʌnt /
verb
- to turn or cause to turn to one side; move or be moved aside
- railways to transfer (rolling stock) from track to track
- electronics to divert or be diverted through a shunt
- tr to evade by putting off onto someone else
- slang.tr motor racing to crash (a car)
noun
- the act or an instance of shunting
- a railway point
- electronics a low-resistance conductor connected in parallel across a device, circuit, or part of a circuit to provide an alternative path for a known fraction of the current
- med a channel that bypasses the normal circulation of the blood: a congenital abnormality or surgically induced
- informal.a collision which occurs when a vehicle runs into the back of the vehicle in front
Other Words From
- shunter noun
- un·shunted adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of shunt1
Example Sentences
When the problem is with the cable's insulation - known as a "shunt fault" - it becomes more complicated and an electrical signal has to be sent along the cable to physically track where it is lost.
When it rains, water percolates into the ground naturally, where it isn’t shunted into storm drains and concrete channels.
Ireland march on with serious intent while Scotland are shunted back into wearily familiar territory.
"Most of them are shunts", she said, adding: "But there have been several nasty accidents also."
And the milk is immediately shunted into a rapid chiller that drops the milk’s temperature from 100 degrees Fahrenheit to 35 degrees Fahrenheit in about two minutes, he said.
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