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Shunting

noun, verb

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Noun
  1. 1
    The connection of an electrical component in parallel with another, the current being divided between them. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    The manipulation of railway rolling stock into different combinations or onto different tracks. countable, uncountable

    "Nine-car 800109 hit LNER 43300 Craigentinny during late-night shunting."

  3. 3
    Arbitrage conducted between certain local markets without the necessity of the exchange involved in foreign arbitrage. UK, countable, uncountable
Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of shunt form-of, gerund, participle, present

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