shunt
shunt
Definition
shunt (s̸hunt)
transitive verb, intransitive verb
- to move or turn to one side; turn aside or out of the way
- to shift or switch, as a train, car, etc. from one track to another
- Elec. to divert or be diverted by a shunt: said of a current
- to provide or connect with a shunt
Etymology: ME schunten < ? or akin to shun
noun
- the act of shunting
- switch ()
- Elec. a conductor connecting two points in a circuit in parallel so that an additional pathway is created for the current
- Med. an abnormal natural channel or a surgically created one allowing flow from one organ or pathway to another
shunt′er noun
shunt
Usage Examples
Object
- loco: The top frame ( Pelaw Main West ) is only used for shunting the loco around a train.
- wagon: There were also three small electric locomotives for shunting wagons through some of the tunnels.
- locomotive: The coaches are being released by a shunting locomotive to allow the loco to be released from the dead end road.
- siding: The engine is shunting the two coal sidings on its return trip to Skipton on 13th April 1955.
- yard: The evening was spent shunting the yard to turn our coach.
- duty: In shunting duties, the fuel consumption should equal the diesel one.
Converse of object
- insert: On the 29th Sept 2005 I had surgery to have the VP shunt inserted.
Adjective modifier
- portosystemic: In contrast to congenital portosystemic shunts, a number of vessels are usually affected.
- intrahepatic: Patel N H, Chalasani N, Jindal R M. Current status of transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt.
- pulmonary: However when dealing with patients who have decompression illness or migraine, large pulmonary shunts are numerically more important.
- rear: In late 2000 he was involved in a rear end shunt on a motorway, which left him with a whiplash type injury.
Preposition: into
- siding: On reaching the west end of the yard, it will then shunt back into the sidings.
Modifies a noun
- capacitance: The circuit model for the loop wire is therefore best seen as series resistance and inductance, and shunt capacitance.
- resistor: The shunt resistor is always an unusual low value, and needs to be hand-made from resistance wire.
- surgery: CSF shunt surgery Antibiotic prophylaxis has no clear benefit in CSF shunt surgery.
Followed by an intransitive particle
- aside: They want to be sure they're not shunted aside.
- around: I need to establish a career path i am not getting younger i cant just keep shunting around in entry level stuff forever.
Preposition: in
- yard: Push the buttons to turn the turntable, shunt in the yard or see the mountain railroad in action.
Noun used with modifier
- rear-end: Pity there's so much on the road that you'll be involved in more rear-end shunts than [ SNIP!
- right-to-left: In the MIST Trial 60.2 % of migraine patients had a right-to-left shunt ( 16.7 % small shunts, 5.1 % large pulmonary shunts.
