ELECTRICAL SHUNT Synonyms
There is 1 hypernym of the phrase electrical shunt. (close relations)
Definition of ELECTRICAL SHUNT
shunt
Best Alternative Words for ELECTRICAL SHUNT
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bypass | verbv | |||||||
noun • a highway that encircles an urban area so that traffic does not have to pass through the center • a surgically created shunt (usually around a damaged part) • a conductor having low resistance in parallel with another device to divert a fraction of the current verb • avoid something unpleasant or laborious | ||||||||
branch | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • a division of some larger or more complex organization • a division of a stem, or secondary stem arising from the main stem of a plant • a part of a forked or branching shape • a natural consequence of development • a stream or river connected to a larger one • any projection that is thought to resemble a human arm verb • grow and send out branches or branch-like structures • divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork | ||||||||
byway | nounn | |||||||
noun • a side road little traveled (as in the countryside) | ||||||||
detour | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • a roundabout road (especially one that is used temporarily while a main route is blocked) verb • travel via a detour | ||||||||
diversion | ||||||||
noun • an activity that diverts or amuses or stimulates • a turning aside (of your course or attention or concern) • an attack calculated to draw enemy defense away from the point of the principal attack | ||||||||
offshoot | nounn | |||||||
noun • a natural consequence of development | ||||||||
sidetrack | verbv | |||||||
noun • a short stretch of railroad track used to store rolling stock or enable trains on the same line to pass verb • wander from a direct or straight course | ||||||||
switch | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • control consisting of a mechanical or electrical or electronic device for making or breaking or changing the connections in a circuit • an event in which one thing is substituted for another • hairpiece consisting of a tress of false hair; used by women to give shape to a coiffure • railroad track having two movable rails and necessary connections; used to turn a train from one track to another or to store rolling stock • a flexible implement used as an instrument of punishment • a basketball maneuver; two defensive players shift assignments so that each guards the player usually guarded by the other • the act of changing one thing or position for another verb • change over, change around, as to a new order or sequence • exchange or give (something) in exchange for • lay aside, abandon, or leave for another • make a shift in or exchange of • cause to go on or to be engaged or set in operation • flog with or as if with a flexible rod • reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action) | ||||||||
shunt | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • a passage by which a bodily fluid (especially blood) is diverted from one channel to another • a conductor having low resistance in parallel with another device to divert a fraction of the current • implant consisting of a tube made of plastic or rubber; for draining fluids within the body verb • transfer to another track, of trains • provide with or divert by means of an electrical shunt |