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  4  definitions  found 
 
  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. 
 
  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  WordNet  r  1.6  [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  low-resistance  conductor  connected  in  parallel  with  a 
  device  to  divert  a  fraction  of  the  current  [syn:  {electrical 
  shunt}] 
  3:  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




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