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shunt
[ shuhnt ]
/ ÊÊnt /
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verb (used with object)
noun
adjective
Electricity. being, having, or operating by means of a shunt: a shunt circuit; a shunt generator.
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Origin of shunt
1175â1225; (v.) Middle English schunten, shonten to shy (said of horses); (noun) Middle English, derivative of the v.; akin to shun
OTHER WORDS FROM shunt
shunter, nounun·shunt·ed, adjectiveWords nearby shunt
Shultz, Shumen, shun, shunned, shunpike, shunt, shunter, shunting engine, shunto, shunt-wound, shura
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British Dictionary definitions for shunt
shunt
/ (ÊÊnt) /
verb
noun
Word Origin for shunt
C13: perhaps from shunen to shun
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Medical definitions for shunt
shunt
[ shĆnt ]
n.
A passage between two natural body channels, such as blood vessels, especially one created surgically to divert or permit flow from one pathway or region to another; a bypass.
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