shunt

Definitions

1. 1transitive verb

   To shun; to move from.

2. 2transitive verb

   To cause to move suddenly; to give a sudden start to; to shove.

3. 3transitive verb

   To turn off to one side; especially, to turn off, as a grain or a car upon a side track; to switch off; to shift.

4. 4transitive verb

   To provide with a shunt; as, to shunt a galvanometer.

5. 5intransitive verb

   To go aside; to turn off.

6. 6transitive verb

   A turning off to a side or short track, that the principal track may be left free.

7. 7transitive verb

   A conducting circuit joining two points in a conductor, or the terminals of a galvanometer or dynamo, so as to form a parallel or derived circuit through which a portion of the current may pass, for the purpose of regulating the amount passing in the main circuit.

8. 8transitive verb

   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.

9. 9noun

   implant consisting of a tube made of plastic or rubber; for draining fluids within the body

10. 10noun

    a conductor having low resistance in parallel with another device to divert a fraction of the current

    Synonyms

    bypass
11. 11noun

    a passage by which a bodily fluid (especially blood) is diverted from one channel to another

    "an arteriovenus shunt"

12. 12verb

    transfer to another track, of trains

13. 13verb

    provide with or divert by means of an electrical shunt