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    shunt
    /ʃʌnt/

    verb

    • 1. push or pull (a train or part of a train) from the main line to a siding or from one line of rails to another: "their train had been shunted into a siding"
    • 2. provide (an electrical current) with a conductor joining two points of a circuit, through which more or less of the current may be diverted: "these components are designed to shunt electrical surges away from microcircuits"

    noun

    • 1. an act of pushing or shoving something: "the engine turnround was helped by a gravity shunt"
    • 2. an electrical conductor joining two points of a circuit, through which more or less of a current may be diverted.

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  2. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishSHUNT | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

    to move someone or something from one place to another, usually because that person or thing is not wanted, and without considering any unpleasant effects: I spent most of my childhood being shunted (about) between my parents who had divorced when I was five. He shunts his kids off to a camp every summer.

    • Shunt in Simplified Chinese

      SHUNT translate: 火车, 使（火车或车厢）转轨, 移动, 把…转至，调往（另一地方...

    • Traditional

      SHUNT translate: 火車, 使（火車或車廂）轉轍, 移動, 把…轉至，調往（另一地方...

    • Diesel

      DIESEL definition: 1. a type of heavy oil used as fuel: 2....

  3. medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com › shuntShunt | definition of shunt by Medical dictionary

    A shunt is a passage or anastomosis between two natural channels, especially between blood vessels, that diverts or bypasses the normal flow of a fluid. Learn about different types of shunts, such as arteriovenous, cardiovascular, peritoneovenous, and ventriculoperitoneal, and their purposes and risks.

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  5. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishSHUNT definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

    1. to turn or cause to turn to one side; move or be moved aside. 2. railways. to transfer (rolling stock) from track to track. 3. electronics. to divert or be diverted through a shunt. 4.(transitive) to evade by putting off onto someone else. 5.(transitive) motor racing slang. to crash (a car) noun. 6. the act or an instance of shunting. 7.

  6. www.dictionary.com › browse › shuntSHUNT Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com

    Shunt definition: to shove or turn (someone or something) aside or out of the way.. See examples of SHUNT used in a sentence.

  7. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Shunt_(medical)Shunt (medical) - Wikipedia

    In medicine, a shunt is a hole or a small passage that moves, or allows movement of, fluid from one part of the body to another. The term may describe either congenital or acquired shunts; acquired shunts (sometimes referred to as iatrogenic shunts) may be either biological or mechanical.

  8. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › shuntShunt - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.com

    A shunt is a small tube that goes inside the body to drain fluid. It also means to divert in a general way, like if you shunt the thought of tubes in your body, you think about rainbows and kittens instead.

  9. partone.litfl.com › shuntShunt · Part One - LITFL

    Aug 23, 2021 · Shunt is blood reaching the systemic circulation without being oxygenated via passage through the lungs. Factors Contributing to Shunt. Normal shunt. Anatomical shunt . Thebesian veins, which drain directly into the left cardiac chambers; Bronchial circulations, which drain into the pulmonary veins; Functional shunt