shunt

  • 41shunt — [[t]ʃʌ̱nt[/t]] shunts, shunting, shunted 1) VERB: usu passive (disapproval) If a person or thing is shunted somewhere, they are moved or sent there, usually because someone finds them inconvenient. [be V ed prep/adv] He has spent most of his life …

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  • 42shunt — verb 1》 slowly push or pull (a railway vehicle or vehicles) so as to make up or remove from a train.     ↘push or shove.     ↘direct or divert to a less important place or position. 2》 provide (an electrical circuit) with a shunt, through which… …

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  • 43shunt — 1 verb (T) 1 to move a train or railway carriage onto a different track 2 to move someone or something to another place, especially in a way that seems unfair: shunt sb off/around/aside etc: Smith was shunted off to one of the company s smaller… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 44shunt — {{#}}{{LM S42162}}{{〓}} {{[}}shunt{{]}} {{■}}(ing.){{□}} {{《}}▍ s.m.{{》}} Resistencia que se monta en derivación para limitar la corriente que pasa por un circuito. {{★}}{{\}}PRONUNCIACIÓN:{{/}} [chunt], con ch suave. {{★}}{{\}}ORTOGRAFÍA:{{/}}… …

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  • 45shunt — gretšakė statusas T sritis chemija apibrėžtis Varžas, jungiamas lygiagrečiai su pagrindine grandine arba prietaisu. atitikmenys: angl. by pass; bypass; shunt rus. шунт ryšiai: sinonimas – šuntas …

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  • 46shunt — v. & n. v. 1 intr. & tr. diverge or cause (a train) to be diverted esp. on to a siding. 2 tr. Electr. provide (a current) with a shunt. 3 tr. a postpone or evade. b divert (a decision etc.) on to another person etc. n. 1 the act or an instance of …

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  • 47Shunt dynamo — Shunt Shunt, n. [Cf. D. schuinte slant, slope, declivity. See {Shunt}, v. t.] 1. (Railroad) A turning off to a side or short track, that the principal track may be left free. [1913 Webster] 2. (Elec.) A conducting circuit joining two points in a… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 48Shunt gun — Shunt Shunt, n. [Cf. D. schuinte slant, slope, declivity. See {Shunt}, v. t.] 1. (Railroad) A turning off to a side or short track, that the principal track may be left free. [1913 Webster] 2. (Elec.) A conducting circuit joining two points in a… …

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  • 49Shunt winding — (Elec.) A winding so arranged as to divide the armature current and lead a portion of it around the field magnet coils; opposed to {series winding}. {Shunt wound }, a. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] …

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  • 50Shunt-wound — Shunt winding Shunt winding (Elec.) A winding so arranged as to divide the armature current and lead a portion of it around the field magnet coils; opposed to {series winding}. {Shunt wound }, a. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] …

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