shunt-wound

[ shuhnt-wound ]

/ ˈʃʌntˈwaʊnd /

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adjective Electricity.

noting a motor or a generator that has the field circuit connected in parallel with the armature winding.

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Compare series-wound.

Origin of shunt-wound

First recorded in 1880–85

OTHER WORDS FROM shunt-wound

shunt winding, noun

Words nearby shunt-wound

shunpike, shunt, shunter, shunting engine, shunto, shunt-wound, shura, shush, Shushan, Shuswap, shut

How to use shunt-wound in a sentence

The shunt wound dynamo (see Fig. 286) sends a part only of the current produced through the field coils.
Physics|Willis Eugene Tower
Notice in the third place that this is a shunt-wound instrument.
The Library of Work and Play: Electricity and Its Everyday Uses|John F. Woodhull
The engine is belted to a direct-current generator of the shunt-wound type.
Farm Mechanics|Herbert A. Shearer
Motors, as well as dynamos, are either shunt-wound or series-wound.
The Library of Work and Play: Electricity and Its Everyday Uses|John F. Woodhull

We can only use shunt-wound dynamos conveniently for that purpose.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 620, November 19,1887|Various

British Dictionary definitions for shunt-wound

shunt-wound

/ (ˈʃʌntˌwaʊnd) /

adjective

electrical engineering (of a motor or generator) having the field and armature circuits connected in parallelCompare series-wound

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