Shunt vs. Bypass
Shuntverb
(transitive) To cause to move (suddenly), as by pushing or shoving; to give a (sudden) start to.
Shuntverb
(transitive) To divert to a less important place, position, or state.
Shuntverb
(transitive) To provide with a shunt.
Shuntverb
To move data in memory to a physical disk.
Shuntverb
To divert electric current by providing an alternative path.
Shuntverb
To move a train from one track to another, or to move carriages, etc. from one train to another.
Shuntverb
To have a minor collision, especially in a motor car.
Shuntverb
To divert the flow of a body fluid.
Shuntverb
To turn aside or away; to divert.
Shuntnoun
An act of moving (suddenly), as due to a push or shove.
Shuntnoun
(electricity) A connection used as an alternative path between parts of an electrical circuit.
Shuntnoun
(firearms) 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.
Shuntnoun
An abnormal passage between body channels.
Shuntnoun
(surgery) A passage between body channels constructed surgically as a bypass; a tube inserted into the body to create such a passage.
Shuntnoun
(rail transport) A switch on a railway used to move a train from one track to another.
Shuntnoun
A minor collision between vehicles.
Shuntverb
To shun; to move from.
Shuntverb
To cause to move suddenly; to give a sudden start to; to shove.
Shuntverb
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.
Shuntverb
To provide with a shunt; as, to shunt a galvanometer.
Shuntverb
To go aside; to turn off.
Shuntnoun
A turning off to a side or short track, that the principal track may be left free.
Shuntnoun
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.
Shuntnoun
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.
Shuntnoun
a passage by which a bodily fluid (especially blood) is diverted from one channel to another;
Shuntnoun
a conductor having low resistance in parallel with another device to divert a fraction of the current
Shuntnoun
implant consisting of a tube made of plastic or rubber; for draining fluids within the body
Shuntverb
transfer to another track, of trains
Shuntverb
provide with or divert by means of an electrical shunt
Bypassnoun
a road that passes around something, such as a residential area
Bypassnoun
a circumvention
Bypassnoun
a section of pipe that conducts a fluid around some other fixture
Bypassnoun
an electrical shunt
Bypassnoun
(medicine) an alternative passage created to divert a bodily fluid around a damaged organ; the surgical procedure to construct such a bypass
Bypassverb
to avoid an obstacle etc, by constructing or using a bypass
Bypassverb
to ignore the usual channels or procedures
Bypassnoun
a road that takes traffic around the edge of a town
Bypassnoun
a surgically created shunt (usually around a damaged part)
Bypassnoun
a conductor having low resistance in parallel with another device to divert a fraction of the current
Bypassverb
avoid something unpleasant or laborious;
