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Meaning
Verb
●
To cause to
move
(suddenly), as by
pushing
or
shoving
; to give a (sudden)
start
to.
●
To
divert
to a less important place,
position
, or state.
●
To provide with a shunt.
●
In Computing:
To
move
data
in
memory
to a physical disk.
●
In Electricity:
To
divert
electric current
by
providing
an
alternative
path.
●
In Rail transportation:
To
move
a
train
from one
track
to another, or to
move
carriages
, etc. from one
train
to another.
●
In British English & Road transport:
To have
a minor
collision
, especially in a
motor
car.
●
In Surgery:
To
divert
the
flow
of a body fluid.
●
In British English:
To
turn aside
or
away
; to divert.
●
In British English & Finance:
To
carry on
arbitrage
between the London
stock exchange
and
provincial
stock exchange
s.
Noun
●
An
act
of
moving
(suddenly), as due to a
push
or shove.
●
In Electricity:
A
connection
used as an
alternative
path
between
parts
of an
electrical
circuit.
●
In Firearms:
The
shifting
of the
studs
on a
projectile
from the
deep
to the
shallow
sides
of the
grooves
in its
discharge
from a
shunt
gun.
●
In Medicine & Veterinary medicine:
An
abnormal
passage
between body channels.
●
In Surgery:
A
passage
between body
channels
constructed
surgically
as a
bypass
; a
tube
inserted
into the body to create such a
passage
.
●
In Rail transportation:
A
switch on
a
railway
used to
move
a
train
from one
track
to another.
●
In British English & Road transport:
A
minor
collision
between vehicles.
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