shunt

Shunt is defined as to turn to another side, or to switch tracks.

(verb)

An example of shunt is to move to another lane.

The definition of a shunt is a channel created by a surgeon to allow flow between organs, or the act of switching or changing.

(noun)

  1. An example of a shunt is a heart shunt to improve blood flow in the heart.
  2. An example of a shunt is to move to another track.

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See shunt in Webster's New World College Dictionary

transitive verb, intransitive verb

  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. Elec. to divert or be diverted by a shunt: said of a current
  4. to provide or connect with a shunt

Origin: ME schunten < ? or akin to shun

noun

  1. the act of shunting
  2. switch ()
  3. Elec. a conductor connecting two points in a circuit in parallel so that an additional pathway is created for the current
  4. Med. an abnormal natural channel or a surgically created one allowing flow from one organ or pathway to another

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See shunt in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
  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.
verb shunt·ed, shunt·ing, shunts
verb, transitive
  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.
verb, intransitive
  1. To move or turn aside.
  2. Electricity To become diverted by means of a shunt. Used of a circuit.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English shunten, to flinch

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Related Forms:

  • shuntˈer noun

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