shunting

Moving rail cars

Shunting is the process of moving railway cars or locomotives from one track to another, typically in a rail yard to assemble or disassemble trains.

In British usage, the equivalent of American switching.

The term extends to any sideways redirection: The proposal was shunted to a subcommittee.

In medicine, shunting refers to blood or other fluid bypassing its normal route, either pathologically or through a surgically created passage.

medical

hydrocephalus

Abnormal cranial fluid buildup

cerebrospinalOf brain and spinal cord
intracranialWithin the skull
ventriclesMuscular pumping chambers

catheter · drainage · CSF · obstruction · endoscopic · spina bifida · revision · malfunction · distal · proximal

railway

marshalling

Organizing into proper order

sidingsAuxiliary rail tracks
couplingJoint between systems
decouplingRemoval of interdependence

freight · locomotive · yardmaster · railyard · junction · wagons · carriages · goods · boxcar · flatcar

electrical

bypass

Route that skirts obstacles

resistorCurrent-limiting circuit element
capacitorCharge-storing circuit element
parallelEquidistant at all points

series · diode · current · voltage · circuit · ammeter · load · fault · protective · grounding

diversion

redirect

Send in new direction

rerouteSend a different way
sidetrackDivert from purpose
detourAlternate path around obstruction

bypass · deflect · divert · transfer · channel · shift · aside · sideline · peripheral · secondary

physiological

blood

Body's oxygen carrier

cardiacPertaining to the heart
pulmonaryOf the lungs
intracardiacWithin the heart

oxygenation · circulation · cyanosis · congenital · fistula · anastomosis · perfusion · hemodialysis

Categories

railroadstrains, train, tracks, track, locomotive
train termsall aboard, engine, departure time, arrival time, passenger car
surgerysurgery, surgeon, surgeons, operation, incision
British Railcarriage, guard, signal box, level crossing, platform
freight railfreight train, freight car, boxcar, boxcars, hopper car
railway worktrack worker, signaling, train operation, engineer, brakeman

Opposites

railway movement type

shuntingexpress service

Accelerated delivery option

passenger service · intercity travel · revenue service · scheduled service · high-speed rail

directional movement

shuntingproceeding

Act of going forward

continuing · advancing · forwarding · mainlining

attention/priority

shuntingprioritizing

Ordering by importance

addressing · tackling · centering · foregrounding · confronting

Family

switching, shunt, shunted, shunts, shunter

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