Dictionary definition · shunt
noun
- a passage by which a bodily fluid (especially blood) is diverted from one channel to another"an arteriovenus shunt"
- a conductor having low resistance in parallel with another device to divert a fraction of the current
- implant consisting of a tube made of plastic or rubber; for draining fluids within the body
verb
- transfer to another track, of trains
- provide with or divert by means of an electrical shunt
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Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).