Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - shunt
Shunt
shunt
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 shunting on to a siding. 2 Electr. a conductor joining two points of a circuit, through which more or less of a current may be diverted. 3 Surgery an alternative path for the circulation of the blood. 4 sl. a motor accident, esp. a collision of vehicles travelling one close behind another. Derivatives shunter n. Etymology: ME, perh. f. SHUN
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I. verb Etymology: Middle English, to move suddenly, turn away, evade, perhaps from past participle of shonen Date: 13th century transitive verb 1. to turn off to one side ; shift , to switch (as a train) from one track to another, to provide with or divert by means of an electrical ~, to divert (blood) from one part to another by a surgical ~, shuttle , intransitive verb to move to the side, to travel back and forth , ~er noun II. noun Date: 1842 a means or mechanism for turning or thrusting aside: as, a railroad switch, a conductor joining two points in an electrical circuit so as to form a parallel or alternative path through which a portion of the current may pass (as for regulating the amount passing in the main circuit), a surgical passage created to divert a bodily fluid (as blood) from one vessel or part to another, an accident (as a collision between two cars) especially in auto racing ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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