Shunt — Defs

01 v. t. To shun; to move from.

imp. & p. p. Shunted; p. pr. & vb. n. Shunting

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.]
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.
To provide with a shunt; as, to shunt a galvanometer.(Elec.)

02 v. i. To go aside; to turn off.

1.
To go aside; to turn off.

03 n. A turning off to a side or short track, that the principal track may be left free.

1.
A turning off to a side or short track, that the principal track may be left free.(Railroad)
2.
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.(Elec.)
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.(Gunnery)

Phrases & compounds

Shunt dynamo — 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.