Shunt
WordNet
noun
(1) Implant consisting of a tube made of plastic or rubber; for draining fluids within the body
(2) A conductor having low resistance in parallel with another device to divert a fraction of the current
(3) A passage by which a bodily fluid (especially blood) is diverted from one channel to another
"An arteriovenus shunt"
verb
(4) Transfer to another track, of trains
(5) Provide with or divert by means of an electrical shunt
WiktionaryText
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
- To have a minor collision, especially in a motor car
Noun
- A switch on a railway
- A connection used as an alternative path between parts of an electric circuit
- A passage between body channels constructed surgically as a bypass
- A minor collision