shunt

shunt  (shnt)

n.

1. The act or process of turning aside or moving to an alternate course.

2. A railroad switch.

3. Electricity A low-resistance connection between two points in an electric circuit that forms an alternative path for a portion of the current. Also called bypass.

4. Medicine A passage between two natural body channels, such as blood vessels, especially one created surgically to divert or permit flow from one pathway or region to another; a bypass.

v. shunt·ed, shunt·ing, shunts

v.tr.

1. To turn or move aside or onto another course: shunting traffic around an accident.

2. To evade by putting aside or ignoring: urgent problems that society can no longer shunt aside.

3. To switch (a train or car) from one track to another.

4. Electricity To provide or divert (current) by means of a shunt.

5. Medicine To divert or permit flow of (a body fluid) from one pathway or region to another by surgical means.

v.intr.

1. To move or turn aside.

2. Electricity To become diverted by means of a shunt. Used of a circuit.

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[Middle English shunten, to flinch.]

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shunter n.

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shunt [ʃʌnt]

vb

1. to turn or cause to turn to one side; move or be moved aside

2. (Transport / Railways) Railways to transfer (rolling stock) from track to track

3. (Electronics) Electronics to divert or be diverted through a shunt

4. (tr) to evade by putting off onto someone else

5. (Individual Sports & Recreations / Motor Racing) (tr) Motor racing slang to crash (a car)

n

1. the act or an instance of shunting

2. (Transport / Railways) a railway point

3. (Electronics) 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

4. (Medicine) Med a channel that bypasses the normal circulation of the blood: a congenital abnormality or surgically induced

5. (Engineering / Automotive Engineering) Brit informal a collision which occurs when a vehicle runs into the back of the vehicle in front

[perhaps from shunen to shun]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	shunt - a passage by which a bodily fluid (especially blood) is diverted from one channel to another; "an arteriovenus shunt" passageway, passage - a path or channel or duct through or along which something may pass; "the nasal passages" bypass - a surgically created shunt (usually around a damaged part) portacaval shunt - shunt that is created surgically between the portal vein and the inferior vena cava so that blood from the abdominal organs can bypass the liver
	2.	shunt - a conductor having low resistance in parallel with another device to divert a fraction of the current electrical shunt, bypass circuit, electric circuit, electrical circuit - an electrical device that provides a path for electrical current to flow conductor - a device designed to transmit electricity, heat, etc.
	3.	shunt - implant consisting of a tube made of plastic or rubber; for draining fluids within the body implant - a prosthesis placed permanently in tissue
Verb	1.	shunt - transfer to another track, of trains shift, transfer - move around; "transfer the packet from his trouser pockets to a pocket in his jacket"
	2.	shunt - provide with or divert by means of an electrical shunt deviate - cause to turn away from a previous or expected course; "The river was deviated to prevent flooding"

Translations

shunt [ʃʌnt]

A. VT

1. (Rail) → cambiar de vía, shuntar

2. (fig) to shunt sb about → enviar a algn de acá para allá
the form was shunted about between different departments → la solicitud fue enviada de departamento a departamento(sin que nadie la atendiese)
we were shunted about all day → nos tuvieron dando vueltas todo el día
to shunt sb aside → apartar a algn, relegar a algn a un puesto menos importante
he was shunted into retirement → lograron con maña que se jubilase

B. VI to shunt to and fro → trajinar de acá para allá

shunt [ˈʃʌnt]

vt

(RAILWAYS) (= direct) → aiguiller

(= send) → expédier
He has spent most of his life being shunted between his mother and father
BUT Il a passé la plus grande partie de sa vie à être trimballé entre sa mère et son père.
shunting yard n → voies fpl de garage, voies fpl de triage

shunt

n → Stoß m; (inf: = car crash) → Crash m (sl); they gave the wagon a shunt into the siding → sie schoben or rangierten den Waggon auf das Abstellgleis; to give something a shunt → etw anstoßen, einer Sache (dat) → einen Stoß geben

vt

(Rail) → rangieren, verschieben; they shunted the train off the main line → sie schoben den Zug auf ein Nebengleis

(inf) person → schieben; (out of the way) → abschieben; to shunt somebody from one place to another → jdn herumschubsen (inf); our department then has to shunt the papers back for signing → unsere Abteilung muss die Papiere dann zur Unterschrift zurückverfrachten (inf); they shunted him off to boarding school → sie schoben ihn ins Internat ab

(inf, = crash) car → einen Unfall bauen mit (inf)

vi (Rail, train) → rangiert or verschoben werden; (person) → rangieren; a line of trucks shunted past → eine Reihe Güterwagen schob sich vorbei

shunt [ʃʌnt]

1. vt (Rail) (direct) → smistare; (divert) → deviare (fig) (from one place to another) → spostare

2. vi to shunt to and fro → fare la spola

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shunt [ʃʌnt]

1. vt (Rail) (direct) → smistare; (divert) → deviare (fig) (from one place to another) → spostare

2. vi to shunt to and fro → fare la spola