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Uncommonshunt
The correct spelling is shunt.
How to pronounce shunt
/ʃʌnt/
nounIPA: /ʃʌnt/
Say it like: Shu-nt
The correct spelling is shunt. An act of moving (suddenly), as due to a push or shove. For example: "to shunt a galvanometer"
Usage Examples
“to shunt a galvanometer”
Meanings
noun
- 1.An act of moving (suddenly), as due to a push or shove.
- 2.A connection used as an alternative path between parts of an electrical circuit.
- 3.The shifting of the studs on a projectile from the deep to the shallow sides of the grooves in its discharge from a shunt gun.
- 4.An abnormal passage between body channels.
- 5.A passage between body channels constructed surgically as a bypass; a tube inserted into the body to create such a passage.
verb
- 1.To cause to move (suddenly), as by pushing or shoving; to give a (sudden) start to.
- 2.To divert to a less important place, position, or state.
- 3.To provide with a shunt.
- 4.To move data in memory to a physical disk.
- 5.To divert electric current by providing an alternative path.
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