| Shunt (shunt) |
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| v. t. | (?) |
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| Shunt |
| [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 |
To shun; to move from.
To cause to move suddenly; to give a sudden
start to; to shove.
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.
To provide with a shunt; as,
to shunt a galvanometer.
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| Shunt (shunt) |
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| v. i. | (?) |
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| Shunt |
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To go aside; to
turn off.
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A turning off to a side or
short track, that the principal track may be left free.
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.
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.
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