1. (

• shunt

) a passage by which a bodily fluid (especially blood) is diverted from one channel to another; "an arteriovenus shunt" ;

2. (

• shunt ,
• electrical_shunt ,
• bypass ,

) a conductor having low resistance in parallel with another device to divert a fraction of the current ;

3. (

• shunt

) implant consisting of a tube made of plastic or rubber; for draining fluids within the body ;

1. (

• shunt

) transfer to another track, of trains ;

2. (

• shunt ,

) provide with or divert by means of an electrical shunt ;