shunt (Meaning)
shunt (n)
a passage by which a bodily fluid (especially blood) is diverted from one channel to another
a conductor having low resistance in parallel with another device to divert a fraction of the current
implant consisting of a tube made of plastic or rubber; for draining fluids within the body
shunt (v)
transfer to another track, of trains
provide with or divert by means of an electrical shunt
shunt (v. t.)
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.
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.
shunt (v. i.)
To go aside; to turn off.
Synonyms & Antonyms of shunt
shunt Sentence Examples
- The electrical shunt provided a low-resistance path for current to flow, bypassing the main circuit.
- The turbine employed a hydraulic shunt to regulate fluid flow and maintain a constant pressure.
- The medical shunt was implanted to redirect cerebrospinal fluid from the brain to the abdominal cavity.
- The sink's drain had a shunt to prevent water from backing up into the adjacent cabinet.
- The shunt resistor shunted a portion of the current away from the sensitive circuit component.
- The car's cooling system featured a shunt valve to regulate the flow of coolant through the radiator.
- In a hydraulic circuit, a shunt valve can be used to divert fluid to a different branch of the system.
- The electrical power supply had a shunt capacitor to suppress voltage transients.
- The shunt motor, with its separate excitation and armature circuits, provided variable speed control.
- The steam turbine's shunt nozzle provided a means to extract steam from the main flow for use in another system.
FAQs About the word shunt
a passage by which a bodily fluid (especially blood) is diverted from one channel to another, a conductor having low resistance in parallel with another device
swing, avert, wheel, swerve, deviate, rechannel,switch, curve, shift, divert
No antonyms found.
The electrical shunt provided a low-resistance path for current to flow, bypassing the main circuit.
The turbine employed a hydraulic shunt to regulate fluid flow and maintain a constant pressure.
The medical shunt was implanted to redirect cerebrospinal fluid from the brain to the abdominal cavity.
The sink's drain had a shunt to prevent water from backing up into the adjacent cabinet.
