Shunt Definition

shŭnt
shunted, shunting, shunts
noun
shunts
The act or process of turning aside or moving to an alternate course.
American Heritage Medicine
The act of shunting.
Webster's New World
Webster's New World
A railroad switch.
American Heritage
A conductor connecting two points in a circuit in parallel so that an additional pathway is created for the current.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
  • bypass
  • electrical shunt
verb
shunted, shunting, shunts
To turn or move aside or onto another course.
Shunting traffic around an accident.
American Heritage
To evade by putting aside or ignoring.
Urgent problems that society can no longer shunt aside.
American Heritage
To shift or switch, as a train, car, etc. from one track to another.
Webster's New World
To move or turn to one side; turn aside or out of the way.
Webster's New World
To provide or connect with a shunt.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Shunt

Noun

Singular:
shunt
Plural:
shunts

Origin of Shunt

  • Middle English shunten to flinch

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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