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shunting
We have found lemma(root) word of shunting : shunt.
Definitions
[ʃʌnt], (Verb)
Definitions:
- push or pull (a train or part of a train) from the main line to a siding or from one line of rails to another
(e.g: their train had been shunted into a siding)
- provide (an electrical current) with a conductor joining two points of a circuit, through which more or less of the current may be diverted
(e.g: these components are designed to shunt electrical surges away from microcircuits)
Phrases:
Origin
:
Middle English (in the sense ‘move suddenly aside’): perhaps from shun
[ʃʌnt], (Noun)
Definitions:
- an act of pushing or shoving something
(e.g: the engine turnround was helped by a gravity shunt)
- an electrical conductor joining two points of a circuit, through which more or less of a current may be diverted
Phrases:
Origin
:
Middle English (in the sense ‘move suddenly aside’): perhaps from shun
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