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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

Verb

1. to move (objects or people) to a different position

2. Railways to transfer (engines or carriages) from track to track

Noun

1. the act of shunting

2. a railway point

3. Electronics a conductor connected in parallel across a part of a circuit to divert a known fraction of the current

4. Informal a collision where one vehicle runs into the back of another [perhaps from Middle English 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] vt (RAIL) → maniobrar

shunt [ʃʌnt] vt (Rail) (= direct); aiguiller: (= divert); détourner

vi to shunt (to and fro) → faire la navette

shunt [ʃʌnt] vt → rangieren

shunt [ʃʌnt] vt (RAIL) (= direct); smistare: (= divert); deviare

vi to shunt (to and fro) → fare la spola