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noun

Shunt n.

(Railroad) A turning off to a side or short track, that the principal track may be left free.

(Elec.) 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.

(Gunnery) 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.

Shunt dynamo (Elec.), a dynamo in which the field circuit is connected with the main circuit so as to form a shunt to the letter, thus employing a portion of the current from the armature to maintain the field.

Shunt gun, a firearm having shunt rifling. See under Rifling.

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Shunt" Quotes from Famous Books

... no interest in the Countess de Santiago. Once on the subject of jewels, it was difficult to shunt him off on another at short notice. Or possibly he had something to say which he particularly wished not to leave unsaid at that stage of ...

— The Second Latchkey • Charles Norris Williamson and Alice Muriel Williamson

... all bother, Hold that perhaps loaves grow like parsnips: Call the baker Heaven's care-taker, Live, die; Death may show him where the farce nips. Not I; truly He may duly Into church or church-day shunt God; Chink his pocket, Win your locket;— Down we go ...

— Reviews • Oscar Wilde

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