Complete Definition of "shunt"

English

Pronunciation
:Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-�nt|-�nt

Verb
en-verb

#To turn away or aside
#To move a train from one track to another, or to move carriages etc from one train to another
#To divert electric current by providing an alternative path
#To divert the flow of a body fluid using surgery
#informal UK To have a minor collision, especially in a motor car

Translations
trans-top|to turn away or aside
German: verlagern
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trans-top|to move a train or carriages
German: rangieren
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trans-top|to divert electric current
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trans-top|to divert the flow of a body fluid
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trans-top|to have a minor collision
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Noun
wikipedia
en-noun

  1. A switch on a railway
  2. A connection used as an alternative path between parts of an electric circuit
  3. A passage between body channels constructed surgically as a bypass

#informal UK A minor collision

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