SHUNT
Scrabble letter values: S1H4U1N1T1 = 8
Definition
- verb transfer to another track, of trains.
- verb provide with or divert by means of an electrical shunt.
- noun a passage by which a bodily fluid (especially blood) is diverted from one channel to another.
- noun a conductor having low resistance in parallel with another device to divert a fraction of the current. — synonyms: electrical_shunt, bypass
- noun implant consisting of a tube made of plastic or rubber.
Examples
- “an arteriovenus shunt”
- “for draining fluids within the body”
- “to shunt a galvanometer”