ALL meanings of shunted
shunt
S s - verb with object shunted to shove or turn (someone or something) aside or out of the way. 1
- verb with object shunted to sidetrack; get rid of. 1
- verb with object shunted Electricity. to divert (a part of a current) by connecting a circuit element in parallel with another. to place or furnish with a shunt. 1
- verb with object shunted Railroads. to shift (rolling stock) from one track to another; switch. 1
- verb with object shunted Surgery. to divert blood or other fluid by means of a shunt. the tube itself. 1
- verb with object shunted to move or turn aside or out of the way. 1
- verb with object shunted (of a locomotive with rolling stock) to move from track to track or from point to point, as in a railroad yard; switch. 1
- noun shunted the act of shunting; shift. 1
- noun shunted Also called bypass. Electricity. a conducting element bridged across a circuit or a portion of a circuit, establishing a current path auxiliary to the main circuit, as a resistor placed across the terminals of an ammeter for increasing the range of the device. 1
- noun shunted a railroad switch. 1
- noun shunted Surgery. a channel through which blood or other bodily fluid is diverted from its normal path by surgical reconstruction or by a synthetic tube. 1
- noun shunted Anatomy. an anastomosis. 1
- adjective shunted Electricity. being, having, or operating by means of a shunt: a shunt circuit; a shunt generator. 1