shunt
An act of moving, as due to a push or shoveAn act of moving (suddenly), as due to a push or shove.
» He had a shunt in his heart.
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7 sensesAn act of moving (suddenly), as due to a push or shove.
A connection used as an alternative path between parts of an electrical circuit.
Shunt, Nebenschlusswiderstand
шунтšunt
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.
An abnormal passage between body channels.
A passage between body channels constructed surgically as a bypass; a tube inserted into the body to create such a passage.
Shunt
шунтšunt
A switch on a railway used to move a train from one track to another.
(UK, informal)A minor collision between vehicles.
- implant consisting of a tube made of plastic or rubber; for draining fluids within the body
- a conductor having low resistance in parallel with another device to divert a fraction of the current
- a passage by which a bodily fluid (especially blood) is diverted from one channel to another
Examples
3 sentencesHe had a shunt in his heart.
Can we shunt the water over to the canal?
I spent my childhood being shunted between my divorced parents.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English schonten, schunten (“to jerk, swerve; to dodge, escape”), either:From Middle English schonten, schunten (“to jerk, swerve; to dodge, escape”), either:
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Forms
plural: shuntsSynonyms
2 synonyms- a conductor having low resistance in parallel with another device to divert a fraction of the current:electrical shuntbypass