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English Dictionary: shunt by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
shunt
n
  1. a passage by which a bodily fluid (especially blood) is diverted from one channel to another; "an arteriovenus shunt"
  2. a conductor having low resistance in parallel with another device to divert a fraction of the current
    Synonym(s): shunt, electrical shunt, bypass
  3. implant consisting of a tube made of plastic or rubber; for draining fluids within the body
v
  1. transfer to another track, of trains
  2. provide with or divert by means of an electrical shunt
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Shunt \Shunt\, n. [Cf. D. schuinte slant, slope, declivity. See
      {Shunt}, v. t.]
      1. (Railroad) A turning off to a side or short track, that
            the principal track may be left free.
  
      2. (Elec.) 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.
  
      3. (Gunnery) 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.
  
      {Shunt dynamo} (Elec.), a dynamo in which the field circuit
            is connected with the main circuit so as to form a shunt
            to the letter, thus employing a portion of the current
            from the armature to maintain the field.
  
      {Shunt gun}, a firearm having shunt rifling. See under
            {Rifling}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Shunt \Shunt\, v. i.
      To go aside; to turn off.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Shunt \Shunt\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Shunted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Shunting}.] [Prov. E., to move from, to put off, fr. OE.
      shunten, schunten, schounten; cf. D. schuinte a slant, slope,
      Icel. skunda to hasten. Cf. {Shun}.]
      1. To shun; to move from. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
  
      2. To cause to move suddenly; to give a sudden start to; to
            shove. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] --Ash.
  
      3. 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.
  
                     For shunting your late partner on to me. --T.
                                                                              Hughes.
  
      4. (Elec.) To provide with a shunt; as, to shunt a
            galvanometer.
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