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    shunt

    shunt - Dictionary definition and meaning for word shunt

    Definition
    (noun) a passage by which a bodily fluid (especially blood) is diverted from one channel to another
    Example Sentence
    • an arteriovenus shunt
    Definition
    (noun) a conductor having low resistance in parallel with another device to divert a fraction of the current
    Synonyms : bypass , electrical shunt
    Definition
    (noun) implant consisting of a tube made of plastic or rubber; for draining fluids within the body Definition
    (verb) transfer to another track, of trains Definition
    (verb) provide with or divert by means of an electrical shunt
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what happens when current is shunted, it diverts (electronics term)

S+hunt... imagine a group of hunters while they were shooting in hunting, a group of elephants attacked and turned their jeeps aside

SHUN(t)- to keep away..so to sidetrack,,turn aside..

SHUNT or TRANSPLANT is to remove and establish elsewhere, to move from one track to the other.

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