Shun Meaning in Spanish

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1. (v. t.) To avoid; to keep clear of; to get out of the way of; to escape from; to eschew; as, to shun rocks, shoals, vice.

1. (a.) Not to be shunned; inevitable; unavoidable.

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1. (v. t.) A conducting circuit joining two points in a conductor, or the terminals of a galvanometer or dynamo, so as to form a parallel or derived circuit through which a portion of the current may pass, for the purpose of regulating the amount passing in the main circuit.
2. (v. i.) To go aside; to turn off.
3. (v. t.) To cause to move suddenly; to give a sudden start to; to shove.
4. (v. t.) To shun; to move from.
5. (v. t.) To turn off to one side; especially, to turn off, as a grain or a car upon a side track; to switch off; to shift.
6. (v. t.) To provide with a shunt; as, to shunt a galvanometer.
7. (v. t.) 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.
8. (v. t.) A turning off to a side or short track, that the principal track may be left free.

1. () A valve permitting a fluid under pressure an easier avenue of escape than normally; specif., a valve, actuated by the governor, used in one system of marine-engine governing to connect both ends of the low-pressure cylinder as a supplementary control.

1. () A winding so arranged as to divide the armature current and lead a portion of it around the field-magnet coils; -- opposed to series winding.

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1. (n.) A person employed to shunt cars from one track to another.