Look up: shunt

1. shunt
   send from one track to another lay aside evade discussion 
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2. shunt
   [n] - a passage by which a bodily fluid (especially blood) is diverted from one channel to another 2. [n] - a conductor having low resistance in parallel with another device to divert a fraction of the current 3. [n] - implant consisting of a tube made of plastic or rubber 4. [v] - provide with or divert by means of an electrical shunt 5. [v] - transfer to another track, of trains
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3. Shunt
   This generally means parallel connection.
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4. Shunt
   an artificially constructed or an abnormal passage connecting two usually separate structures in the body
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5. Shunt
   Shunt: 1) To move a body fluid, such as cerebrospinal fluid, from one place to another.
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6. shunt
   applied to a machine to denote that it is excited by a shunt winding Category: Electrical engineering and energy • a resistor connected in parallel with the current circuit of a measuring instrument in order to reduce,by a known ratio,the current passing through it Category: Electrical engineering and energy
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7. Shunt
   Shunt transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Shunted ; present participle & verbal noun Shunting .] [ Prov. E., to move from, to put off, from Middle English shunten , schunten , schounten ; confer Dutch schuinte a slant, slope, Icelandic skunda to hasten. Confer Shun .] 1. T …
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8. Shunt
   Shunt intransitive verb To go aside; to turn off.
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9. Shunt
   Shunt noun [ Confer Dutch schuinte slant, slope, declivity. See Shunt , transitive verb ] 1. (Railroad) A turning off to a side or short track, that the principal track may be left free. 2. (Electricity) A conducting circuit joining two points in a conductor, or the terminals of a galvanometer or dynamo, so as to form a parallel or …
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10. shunt
    1. To turn to one side, to divert, to bypass. ... 2. <cardiology> A passage or anastomosis between two natural channels, especially between blood vessels. Such structures may be formed physiologically (for example to bypass a thrombosis) or they may be structural anomalies. ... 3. <surgery> A surgically created anastomosis, also, the oper …
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11. shunt
    noun implant consisting of a tube made of plastic or rubber; for draining fluids within the body
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12. shunt
    noun a passage by which a bodily fluid (especially blood) is diverted from one channel to another; `an arteriovenus shunt`
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13. shunt
    noun a conductor having low resistance in parallel with another device to divert a fraction of the current
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14. Shunt
    `Shunt` may refer to: * Shunt (medical), a hole or passage allowing fluid to move from one part of the body to another * Shunt (electrical), a device allowing electrical current to pass around a point in a circuit * Shunt (railway operations), the process of sorting items of rolling stock into train sets or consists, also called `switching` * A robot used in the TV show `Robot Wars`
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15. Shunt
    `Shunt` may refer to: * Shunt (medical), a hole or passage allowing fluid to move from one part of the body to another * Shunt (electrical), a device allowing electrical current to pass around a point in a circuit * Shunt (railway operations), the process of sorting items of rolling stock into train sets or consists, also called `switching` * A robot used in the TV show `Robot Wars`
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16. shunt
    (shunt) to turn to one side; to divert; to bypass. a passage or anastomosis between two natural channels, especially between blood vessels. Such structures may be formed physiologically (such as to bypass a thrombosis), or they may be structural anomalies. a surgical anastomosis.
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17. Shunt
    • (v. t.) 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. • (v. i.) To go aside; to turn off. • (v. t.) To cause to mo...
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18. shunt
    (from the article `enterprise unionism`) ...of industrial federation or Reng representatives. Instead, these latter groups coordinate enterprise-level bargaining, especially for the annual ... In 1955 Shy successfully coordinated union demands by launching the first shunt (`spring offensive`); this has since been continued ann...
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19. shunt
    1. to turn to one side; to divert; to bypass. 2. a passage or anastomosis between two natural channels, especially between blood vessels. Such structures may be formed physiologically (e.g. to bypass a thrombosis) or they may be structural anomalies. 3. a surgically created anastomosis; also, the operation of forming a shunt.
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20. shunt
    resistor connected in parallel with the current circuit of a measuring instrument in order to extend its measuring range NOTE - A shunt is generally intended to provide a voltage proportional to the current to be measured.
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21. shunt
    qualifies a machine to denote that it is excited by a winding in parallel to the armature winding
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