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Definition of Shunting
1. p. pr. & vb. n. Switching; as, shunting engine, yard, etc.
Definition of Shunting
1. Verb. (present participle of shunt) ¹
2. Noun. connecting an electrical component in parallel with another, the current being divided between them ¹
3. Noun. the manipulation of railway rolling stock into different combinations or onto different tracks ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Shunting
1. shunt [v] - See also: shunt
Lexicographical Neighbors of Shunting
Literary usage of Shunting
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Practical Electricity: A Laboratory and Lecture-course, for First Year by William Edward Ayrton (1891)
"We can now calculate the entire effect produced on the current passing through
a galvanometer of resistance g, by shunting the galvanometer with a shunt of ..."
2. Practical Electricity: A Laboratory and Lecture Course, for First Year by William Edward Ayrton (1892)
"Variation produced in the Total Current by shunting a Portion of the Circuit.
— We can now calculate the entire effect produced on the current passing ..."
3. Rules & Regulations for the Conduct of the Traffic and for the Guidance of by Great Western Railway Company (Canada, Great Western Railway Company (Canada) (1879)
"In shunting Cars the Engine must not be un- shunting. coupled until the Cars ...
Engine Drivers while shunting or running shunting in Trains or Engines in ..."
4. Our Railways: Their Origin, Development, Incident and Romance by John Pendleton (1896)
"A Dismal Junction—Wot shunting—The Line Cleared for the Express— Where the Train
Goes and Whom it Carries—A Picture of Human Life —The Rapid Growth of ..."
5. Our Railways: Their Origin, Development, Incident and Romance by John Pendleton (1896)
"A Dismal Junction—Wet shunting—The Line Cleared for the Express— Where the Train
Goes and Whom it Carries—A Picture of Human Life —The Rapid Growth of ..."
6. Railroad Freight Transportation by Leonor Fresnel Loree (1922)
"Yard Operation: (1) shunting Yards.—While this method is used in perhaps ninety
per cent of the yards of the country, it is relatively very expensive and ..."
7. The Working and Management of an English Railway by George Findlay (1899)
"THE shunting AND MARSHALLING OF GOODS TRAINS. IN working the goods traffic on a
line such as the London and North-Western, ..."
8. The London Medical Gazette (1835)
"The pain is not increased by deep inspiration; there is much dyspnoea, but the
chest expands freely ; there are occasional shunting pains in the anus; ..."
9. Practical Electricity: A Laboratory and Lecture-course, for First Year by William Edward Ayrton (1891)
"We can now calculate the entire effect produced on the current passing through
a galvanometer of resistance g, by shunting the galvanometer with a shunt of ..."
10. Practical Electricity: A Laboratory and Lecture Course, for First Year by William Edward Ayrton (1892)
"Variation produced in the Total Current by shunting a Portion of the Circuit.
— We can now calculate the entire effect produced on the current passing ..."
11. Rules & Regulations for the Conduct of the Traffic and for the Guidance of by Great Western Railway Company (Canada, Great Western Railway Company (Canada) (1879)
"In shunting Cars the Engine must not be un- shunting. coupled until the Cars ...
Engine Drivers while shunting or running shunting in Trains or Engines in ..."
12. Our Railways: Their Origin, Development, Incident and Romance by John Pendleton (1896)
"A Dismal Junction—Wot shunting—The Line Cleared for the Express— Where the Train
Goes and Whom it Carries—A Picture of Human Life —The Rapid Growth of ..."
13. Our Railways: Their Origin, Development, Incident and Romance by John Pendleton (1896)
"A Dismal Junction—Wet shunting—The Line Cleared for the Express— Where the Train
Goes and Whom it Carries—A Picture of Human Life —The Rapid Growth of ..."
14. Railroad Freight Transportation by Leonor Fresnel Loree (1922)
"Yard Operation: (1) shunting Yards.—While this method is used in perhaps ninety
per cent of the yards of the country, it is relatively very expensive and ..."
15. The Working and Management of an English Railway by George Findlay (1899)
"THE shunting AND MARSHALLING OF GOODS TRAINS. IN working the goods traffic on a
line such as the London and North-Western, ..."
16. The London Medical Gazette (1835)
"The pain is not increased by deep inspiration; there is much dyspnoea, but the
chest expands freely ; there are occasional shunting pains in the anus; ..."
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