Shunt (?), v. t. [imp. & p.
p. Shunted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Shunting.] [Prov. E., to move from, to put off, fr. OE.
shunten, schunten, schounten; cf. D.
schuinte a slant, slope, Icel. skunda to hasten. Cf.
Shun.] 1. To shun; to move from.
[Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
2. To cause to move suddenly; to give a sudden
start to; to shove. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] Ash.
3. To turn off to one side; especially, to
turn off, as a grain or a car upon a side track; to switch off; to
shift.
For shunting your late partner on to
me.
T. Hughes.
4. (Elec.) To provide with a shunt; as,
to shunt a galvanometer.
Shunt (?), v. i. To go aside; to
turn off.
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.
2. (Elec.) A conducting circuit joining
two points in a conductor, or the terminals of a galvanometer or
dynamo, so as to form a parallel or derived circuit through which a
portion of the current may pass, for the purpose of regulating the
amount passing in the main circuit.
3. (Gunnery) 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.
Shunt dynamo (Elec.), a dynamo in
which the field circuit is connected with the main circuit so as to
form a shunt to the letter, thus employing a portion of the current
from the armature to maintain the field. -- Shunt
gun, a firearm having shunt rifling. See under
Rifling.
Shunt (?), v. t. [imp. & p.
p. Shunted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Shunting.] [Prov. E., to move from, to put off, fr. OE.
shunten, schunten, schounten; cf. D.
schuinte a slant, slope, Icel. skunda to hasten. Cf.
Shun.] 1. To shun; to move from.
[Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
2. To cause to move suddenly; to give a sudden
start to; to shove. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] Ash.
3. To turn off to one side; especially, to
turn off, as a grain or a car upon a side track; to switch off; to
shift.
For shunting your late partner on to
me.
T. Hughes.
4. (Elec.) To provide with a shunt; as,
to shunt a galvanometer.
Shunt (?), v. i. To go aside; to
turn off.
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.
2. (Elec.) A conducting circuit joining
two points in a conductor, or the terminals of a galvanometer or
dynamo, so as to form a parallel or derived circuit through which a
portion of the current may pass, for the purpose of regulating the
amount passing in the main circuit.
3. (Gunnery) 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.
Shunt dynamo (Elec.), a dynamo in
which the field circuit is connected with the main circuit so as to
form a shunt to the letter, thus employing a portion of the current
from the armature to maintain the field. -- Shunt
gun, a firearm having shunt rifling. See under
Rifling.
