shunting
English edit
Verb edit
shunting
- present participle and gerund of shunt
Noun edit
shunting (countable and uncountable, plural shuntings)
- The connection of an electrical component in parallel with another, the current being divided between them.
- The manipulation of railway rolling stock into different combinations or onto different tracks.
- 2020 May 20, “Fleet News: Collision-damaged '800' at Wolverton”, in Rail, page 25:
- Nine-car 800109 hit LNER 43300 Craigentinny during late-night shunting.
- (UK, finance) Arbitrage conducted between certain local markets without the necessity of the exchange involved in foreign arbitrage.
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Translations edit
the manipulation of railway rolling stock
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