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shunting noun

  • The manipulation of railway rolling stock into different combinations or onto different tracks.
 aiguillage

shunt verb

  /ʃant/ , /ʃənt/ , /ʃʌnt/
  • (transitive, chiefly, road transport, informal, Britain) To have a minor collision, especially in a motor car.
 accrocher, avoir un accrochage
  • (transitive, rail transport) To move a train from one track to another, or to move carriages, etc. from one train to another.
 aiguiller, manœuvrer
  • (transitive, electricity) To divert electric current by providing an alternative path.
 dériver, détourner le courant électrique
  • (transitive) To divert to a less important place, position, or state.
 parquer, reléguer

shunt noun

  /ʃant/ , /ʃənt/ , /ʃʌnt/
  • (electricity) A connection used as an alternative path between parts of an electrical circuit.
 dérivation
  • (chiefly, road transport, informal, Britain) A minor collision between vehicles.
 accrochage
  • (rail transport) A switch on a railway used to move a train from one track to another.
 aiguillage
  • (surgery) A passage between body channels constructed surgically as a bypass; a tube inserted into the body to create such a passage.
 pontage
shunting yard
gare de triage
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