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What is the noun for shunts?

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shunt
  1. A switch on a railway
  2. A connection used as an alternative path between parts of an electric circuit
  3. A passage between body channels constructed surgically as a bypass
  4. (informal, Britain) A minor collision
  5. (firearms) 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.
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  7. Examples:
    1. “After the accident, the emergency responders quickly used a shunt to divert traffic away from the scene.”
shunting
  1. The connection of an electrical component in parallel with another, the current being divided between them.
  2. The manipulation of railway rolling stock into different combinations or onto different tracks.
  3. (Britain, finance) Arbitrage conducted between certain local markets without the necessity of the exchange involved in foreign arbitrage.
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shunter
  1. (rail transport, Britain) A railway locomotive used for shunting; a switcher
  2. (rail transport, Britain) A person who carries out shunting operations
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  4. Examples:
    1. “Arthur, now 73 was working as a shunter in the railways and Alma, 69 worked as a credit assistant at the Morses store in Swindon.”
      “There were no passengers on board, there would have been a driver or a shunter involved but there are no injuries.”
      “The crew consisted of the stoker and driver, the guard and assistant guard, the shunter, the station master and the signalman.”
shuntings
shunters
  1. plural of shunter
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Perhaps the only trades which are exclusive to railways in their nomenclature are platelayers, shunters and signalmen.”
      “Engine and shunting drivers, technologists and their assistants, shunters, points-men and signalers were involved.”
      “Railway shunters, pointsmen, signalmen and yardmasters began an indefinite strike at midnight on August 5, demanding the immediate settlement of salary anomalies.”
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