Definitions for shunt-wound

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shunt-wound shunt-wound

Spelling: [shuhnt-wound]

IPA: /ˈʃʌntˈwaʊnd/

Shunt-Wound is a 11 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.

You can make 231 anagrams from letters in shunt-wound (-dhnnostuuw).

Definitions for shunt-wound

adjective

1. noting a motor or a generator that has the field circuit connected in parallel with the armature winding.

Origin of shunt-wound

First recorded in 1880-85

Examples for shunt-wound

The engine is belted to a direct-current generator of the shunt-wound type.

Notice in the third place that this is a shunt-wound instrument.