Crossword-Solution: SHUNT
Dictionary
| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Shunt | v. t. | To shun; to move from. |
| Shunt | v. t. | To cause to move suddenly; to give a sudden start to; to shove. |
| Shunt | v. t. | 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. |
| Shunt | v. t. | To provide with a shunt; as, to shunt a galvanometer. |
| Shunt | v. i. | To go aside; to turn off. |
| Shunt | v. t. | A turning off to a side or short track, that the principal track may be left free. |
| Shunt | v. t. | 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. |
| Shunt | v. t. | 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. |
Anagrams
| Word | Anagrams | |
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| SHUNT | anagram | HUNTS, SUNTH |
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Sentences with SHUNT (5)
Stephen’s vacant eyes rested upon the operations of some porters, who were shifting a dark and curious-looking van from the rear of the train, to shunt another which was between it and the fore part of the train.
When I'd finished 'In a Balcony,' I'd do an exit, and shunt the gown and wig-to-match, and come on as 'Laska,' with thunder noises off.
But Edison discovered that by utilizing a shunt around the receiving instrument, with a soft iron core, the self-induction would produce a momentary and instantaneous reversal of the current at the end of each impulse, and thereby give an absolutely sharp definition to each signal.
Edison's automatic telegraph shortly stated in conclusion are: (1) the perforator; (2) the contact-maker; (3) the electromagnetic shunt; and (4) the ferric cyanide of iron solution.
The motor had its field-magnet circuit in permanent connection as a shunt across the rails, protected by a crude bare copper-wire safety-catch.
Quotes with SHUNT (2)
Sometimes when I felt the eyes crawling on me from all sides, I got scared thinking someone was looking who wasn’t just curious. I knew it was my imagination and I got used to it, learned to shunt it away. But sometimes I held onto it quietly, that feeling that someone behind or beside me in the crowd — some guy leaning on the target booth with a rifle, or some cranky sweating father spending too much on ride tickets to keep his kids away from him — anybody could be looking a…
Does it stand, but not straight enough? Is there a bend in the tool? Leaning left like the Marxist-Leninist Party? To the right, like the Jan Sangh fascists? Or wobbling mindlessly in the middle, like the Congress Party? Fear not, for it can be straightened! Does it refuse to harden even with rubbing and massage? Then try my ointment, and it will become hard as the government's heart! All your troubles will vanish with this amazing ointment made from the organs of these wild …
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Appears in: Boston Globe, CrosSynergy, LAT, Newsday, NYT, Universal, USA TODAY, WP, WSJ.
Used 48 times in crossword archives (1943–2023).