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shuntings

shuntings is the plural of shunting.

Meaning of shunting

Noun

shunting (countable and uncountable, plural shuntings)

  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.
    • Nine-car 800109 hit LNER 43300 Craigentinny during late-night shunting.2020 May 20, “Fleet News: Collision-damaged '800' at Wolverton”, in Rail, page 25
  3. (UK) Arbitrage conducted between certain local markets without the necessity of the exchange involved in foreign arbitrage.

Questions about shuntings

What is shuntings the plural of?
Shuntings is the plural of shunting.

Words near shuntings in the dictionary

  1. shunting neck
  2. shunting necks
  3. shunting signal
  4. shunting signals
  5. shunting-yard algorithm
  6. shuntings
  7. shunto
  8. shunts
  9. shuntō
  10. shunworthy
  11. shunyata

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