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shuntTo divert, switch or bypass. shunt 1. a railway point 2. 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 3. Med a channel that bypasses the normal circulation of the blood: a congenital abnormality or surgically induced 4. Brit informal a collision which occurs when a vehicle runs into the back of the vehicle in front shunt [shənt] (civil engineering) To shove or turn off to one side, as a car or train from one track to another. (electricity) A precision low-value resistor placed across the terminals of an ammeter to increase its range by allowing a known fraction of the circuit current to go around the meter. Also known as electric shunt. To place one part in parallel with another. (electromagnetism) A piece of iron that provides a parallel path for magnetic flux around an air gap in a magnetic circuit. (medicine) A vascular passage by which blood is diverted from its normal circulatory path; frequently it is a surgical passage created between two blood vessels, but it may also be an anatomical feature. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| "When I take the bridge," says Captain Hodgson, "you'll see me shunt forty per cent of the lift out of the gas and run her on the upper rudder. One summer afternoon, when I had promised to go shrimping along the sands with Philip, I was waiting rather impatiently in the front drawing-room, watching Arthur handle some packets of coins he had just purchased and slowly shunt them, one or two at a time, into his own dark study and museum which was at the back of the house. |
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