English to English
shunt
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noun (n)
- a passage by which a bodily fluid (especially blood) is diverted from one channel to another(noun.body)Example:
An arteriovenus shunt.
source: wordnet30 - a conductor having low resistance in parallel with another device to divert a fraction of the current(noun.artifact)source: wordnet30
- implant consisting of a tube made of plastic or rubber; for draining fluids within the body(noun.artifact)source: wordnet30
- A turning off to a side or short track, that the principal track may be left free.(noun)source: webster1913
verb (v)
- transfer to another track, of trains(verb.motion)source: wordnet30
- provide with or divert by means of an electrical shunt(verb.motion)source: wordnet30
- To shun; to move from.(verb)source: webster1913
- To go aside; to turn off.(verb)source: webster1913
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