Definitions for shunt
Overview of noun shunt
The noun shunt has 3 senses? (first 2 from tagged texts)
1. (5) shunt
(a passage by which a bodily fluid (especially blood) is diverted from one channel to another; "an arteriovenus shunt")
2. (1) shunt, electrical shunt, bypass
(a conductor having low resistance in parallel with another device to divert a fraction of the current)
3. shunt
(implant consisting of a tube made of plastic or rubber; for draining fluids within the body)
Overview of verb shunt
The verb shunt has 2 senses? (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (1) shunt
(transfer to another track, of trains)
2. shunt
(provide with or divert by means of an electrical shunt)
