Shunt (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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verb (used with object)
  1. to shove or turn (someone or something) aside or out of the way.
  2. to sidetrack; get rid of.
  3. Electricity.
    • to divert (a part of a current) by connecting a circuit element in parallel with another.
    • to place or furnish with a shunt.
  4. to shift (rolling stock) from one track to another; switch.
  5. Surgery.
    • to divert blood or other fluid by means of a shunt.
    • the tube itself.
  6. to move or turn aside or out of the way.
  7. (of a locomotive with rolling stock) to move from track to track or from point to point, as in a railroad yard; switch.
noun
  1. the act of shunting; shift.
  2. a conducting element bridged across a circuit or a portion of a circuit, establishing a current path auxiliary to the main circuit, as a resistor placed across the terminals of an ammeter for increasing the range of the device.
  3. a railroad switch.
  4. a channel through which blood or other bodily fluid is diverted from its normal path by surgical reconstruction or by a synthetic tube.
  5. an anastomosis.
adjective
  1. being, having, or operating by means of a shunt: a shunt circuit; a shunt generator.
verb
  1. to turn or cause to turn to one side; move or be moved aside
  2. to transfer (rolling stock) from track to track
  3. to divert or be diverted through a shunt
  4. to evade by putting off onto someone else
  5. to crash (a car)
noun
  1. the act or an instance of shunting
  2. a railway point
  3. a low-resistance conductor connected in parallel across a device, circuit, or part of a circuit to provide an alternative path for a known fraction of the current
  4. a channel that bypasses the normal circulation of the blood: a congenital abnormality or surgically induced
  5. a collision which occurs when a vehicle runs into the back of the vehicle in front
Shunt (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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