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shunted |
1 definition 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.
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