单词 | shunt |
释义 | shunt [shǝnt] CIVIL ENGINEERING To shove or turn off to one side, as a car or train from one track to another. ELECTRICITY 1. A precision low-value resistor placed across the terminals of an ammeter to increase its range by allowing a known fraction of the circuit current to go around the meter. Also known as electric shunt. 2. To place one part in parallel with another. 3. See <<parallel>> ELECTROMAGNETISM A piece of iron that provides a parallel path for magnetic flux around an air gap in a magnetic circuit. MEDICINE A vascular passage by which blood is diverted from its normal circulatory path; frequently it is a surgical passage created between two blood vessels, but it may also be an anatomical feature. |
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