Phrase Hound found 6 phrases and 9 compound words that contain shunt. The most common are listed below. Open shunt in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 6
- head shuntAlternative form of headshunt: A short length of track, provided to release locomotives at terminal platforms, or to allow shunting to take place clear of main lines.
- Ayrton shuntA high-resistance shunt used in galvanometers to increase their range without changing the damping.
- transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shuntA minimally invasive interventional radiology procedure in which a stent is placed within the liver to create a channel between the portal vein and hepatic vein, thereby reducing portal venous pressure and treating complications of portal …
- mis-shuntAn incorrectly made shunting operation, possibly causing a mishap.
- universal shuntSynonym of Ayrton shunt: A high-resistance shunt used in galvanometers to increase their range without changing the damping.
- Wade-Dahl-Till shuntSynonym of Wade-Dahl-Till valve: A kind of cerebral shunt using two metal discs, each in a restrictive housing at the end of a tube, opened and closed by the pressure of fluid.
Compound words 9
- backshuntA section of railway track which gives access to a siding (or another section of railway line) only by reversing direction; also a train movement which uses such track.
- headshuntA short length of track, provided to release locomotives at terminal platforms, or to allow shunting to take place clear of main lines.
- microshuntA very small shunt
- minishuntA small shunt
- reshuntTo shunt again.
- CheshuntA town in Broxbourne borough, Hertfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL3502).
- shuntableCapable of being shunted.
- shuntersplural of shunter: A railway locomotive used for shunting (switching).
- shuntingsplural of shunting: present participle and gerund of shunt