Shunt
noun
- 1.
- (1. The act or process of turning aside or moving to an alternate course. 2. A railroad switch. 3. Electricity. A lowresistance connection between two points in an electric circuit that forms an alternative path for a portion of the current. Also called bypass. 4. Medicine. A passage between two natural body channels, such as blood vessels, especially one created surgically to divert or permit flow from one pathway or region to another; a bypass) ប្រដាប់បង្វែរផ្លូវរថភ្លើង
- 2.
- (វេជ្ជសាស្ត្រ) ការហូរឆ្លងកាត់នៃចរន្ដឈាមតាមរន្ធមិនធម្មតា
verb — past tense: shunted ; past participle: shunted ; present participle: shunting ;
- 1.
- (TRANSITIVE) (to divert into an alternative course) ចៀសផ្លូវ (យាន), ចៀសអោយផុតរឺអោយរួចខ្លួន, បំបែរ, បង្វែងដាន, នាំចាក, shunt rail cars បង្វេរចូលទៅផ្លូវមួយទៀត ដើម្បីនឹងចៀសគ្នា, shunt someone aside ទាត់ចោល
Example: I can't shut the suitcase lid when it's so full.
ENGLISH MEANING
noun
- 1.
- A turning off to a side or short track, that the principal track may be left free.
- 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.
- 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.
verb — past tense: shunted ; past participle: shunted ; present participle: shunting ;
- 1.
- (TRANSITIVE) To cause to move suddenly; to give a sudden start to; to shove.
- 2.
- (TRANSITIVE) 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.
- 3.
- (TRANSITIVE) To provide with a shunt; as, to shunt a galvanometer.
- 4.
- (INTRANSITIVE) To go aside; to turn off.
- 1.
- close, conclude, fasten, lock, seal
- 1.
- open
- 1.
- To shun, to move from