to shunt
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8.1
- verb
- /ʃʌnt/
- Specialized
:
desviar
- Emergency circuit breakers tripped automatically, desperately shunting the electrical load to secondary 230-kV lines.
- shunt power
Examples
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I started the engines, then shunted power to the repulsorlift coils.
Fiction book (1999) -
After the police shunted me on a detour a few blocks around the school, I finally found the end of the line, which was about 5 blocks long at that point, and not moving at all.
Blog text (12) -
There will be resistive losses due to series and shunt resistance.
Academic text (1993) -
Well, a few minutes had gone by and your blood starts to shunt inward to your body to protect your organs, to keep you alive as long as possible.
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A special exhaust gas recirculation system shunts inert gas into the engine to reduce NOx.
Academic text (2004) -
Patients were shunted around the corner from the general entrance hall into a small waiting chamber of their own, which from Vincent's point of view was unpromising.
Fiction book (1991) -
Adjust top capture laser, zee plus point one... shunt to circulators, mark... atom beam density reads within limits.
Fiction book (1999) -
In fetal lambs, the ductus venosus shunts well-oxygenated blood directly to the heart, a pattern expected to be found also in the human fetus.
Academic text (1991) -
During the maintenance check, the technician will shunt excess current away from the main circuit to prevent overload.
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To ensure safety, the system is designed to shunt electrical power through several backup channels in case of a failure.
Compounds
- Specialized
1
7.9
Surgical connection between the vein from the belly and the main vein so blood can bypass the liver
- Specialized
A wire that has low resistance and is placed across a device to carry some electricity away
- Specialized
An electric path where current splits into more than one branch and then joins again
- Specialized
A motor that runs on direct current and keeps a steady speed when load changes
- Specialized
A direct current motor whose parts are connected in parallel to keep a steady speed when the load changes
How Diverted
Surface Forms
Etymology
Shunt originally meant 'to turn aside' or push something away, like a quick shove, so to shunt electricity or signals is to 'divert' them along a safe path to protect a circuit.