Shunt may refer to:
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Shunt (medical)
In medicine, a shunt is a hole or a small passage that moves, or allows movement of, fluid from one part of the body to another. The term may describe either congenital or acquired shunts; acquired shunts (sometimes referred to as iatrogenic ...
, a hole or passage allowing fluid to move from one part of the body to another
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Shunt (electrical)
A shunt is a device that is designed to provide a low-resistance path for an electrical current in a Electrical network, circuit. It is typically used to divert current away from a system or Electronic component, component in order to prevent over ...
, a device allowing electric current to pass around a point in a circuit
* Shunt, a British term for
rear-end collision
A rear-end collision, often called rear-ending or, in the UK, a shunt, occurs when a forward-moving vehicle crashes into the back of another vehicle (often stationary) in front of it. Similarly, rear-end classification of railway accidents, ra ...
of road vehicles
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Shunt (railway operations)
Shunt may refer to:
* Shunt (medical), a hole or passage allowing fluid to move from one part of the body to another
* Shunt (electrical), a device allowing electric current to pass around a point in a circuit
* Shunt, a British term for rear- ...
, sorting items of rolling stock into trains, also called "switching"
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Shunt (sailing), a maneuver for sailing upwind on reversible single-outrigger boats
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Shunt (theatre company)
Shunt is a London-based performance collective founded in 1998. Most of the co-founders met as students at London's Central School of Speech and Drama while pursuing the Advanced Theatre Practice MA in 1997–1998, which specializes in collaborati ...
, an experimental theatre company based in London
* Shunt, an alternative
metabolic pathway
In biochemistry, a metabolic pathway is a linked series of chemical reactions occurring within a cell (biology), cell. The reactants, products, and Metabolic intermediate, intermediates of an enzymatic reaction are known as metabolites, which are ...
* Shunt, a
house robot
Robot Wars is a British robot combat television series that aired from 1998 to 2004 and was revived from 2016 to 2018. The show features teams controlling remote-operated robots in battles within an arena filled with hazards and powerful "Hous ...
in the TV series ''Robot Wars''
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