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Electricity A low-resistance connection between two points in an electric circuit that forms an alternative path for a portion of the current. Also called bypass.
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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.
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The act or process of turning aside or moving to an alternate course.
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a means or mechanism for turning or thrusting aside as.
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verb-intransitive
Electricity To become diverted by means of a shunt. Used of a circuit.
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To move or turn aside.
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verb-transitive
Electricity To provide or divert (current) by means of a shunt.
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Medicine To divert or permit flow of (a body fluid) from one pathway or region to another by surgical means.
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To evade by putting aside or ignoring: urgent problems that society can no longer shunt aside.
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To switch (a train or car) from one track to another.
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To turn or move aside or onto another course: shunting traffic around an accident.
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verb
To turn off to one side.
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To switch (as a train) from one track to another.
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To provide with or divert by means of an electrical shunt.
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To divert (blood) from one part to another by a surgical shunt.
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To move to the side.
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