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Meaning Of Shunt
v. t.
To shun; to move from.
v. t.
To cause to move suddenly; to give a sudden start to; to
shove.
v. t.
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.
v. t.
To provide with a shunt; as, to shunt a galvanometer.
v. i.
To go aside; to turn off.
v. t.
A turning off to a side or short track, that the
principal track may be left free.
v. t.
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.
v. t.
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.