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Shunt

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Noun

1. shunt

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

Example Sentences:
'an arteriovenus shunt'

2. bypass, electrical shunt, shunt

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

3. shunt

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

Verb

4. shunt

transfer to another track, of trains

5. shunt

provide with or divert by means of an electrical shunt

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Shunt

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verb
1. 
to turn or cause to turn to one side; move or be moved aside
2. railways
to transfer (rolling stock) from track to track
3. electronics
to divert or be diverted through a shunt
4. (transitive)
to evade by putting off onto someone else
5. (transitive) motor racing slang
to crash (a car)
noun
6. 
the act or an instance of shunting
7. 
a railway point
8. 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
9. medicine
a channel that bypasses the normal circulation of the blood: a congenital abnormality or surgically induced
10. British informal
a collision which occurs when a vehicle runs into the back of the vehicle in front

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Shunt

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verb transitive, verb intransitive
1. 
to move or turn to one side; turn aside or out of the way
2. 
to shift or switch, as a train, car, etc. from one track to another
3.  Electricity
to divert or be diverted by a shunt
said of a current
4. 
to provide or connect with a shunt
noun
5. 
the act of shunting
6. 
switch (sense 6) switch (sense 6a)
7.  Electricity
a conductor connecting two points in a circuit in parallel so that an additional pathway is created for the current
8.  Medicine
an abnormal natural channel or a surgically created one allowing flow from one organ or pathway to another

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.


Shunt

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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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