Circuit - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˈsɜːrkɪt|  American pronunciation of the word circuit
Brit.  |ˈsɜːkɪt|  British pronunciation of the word circuit

noun

- an electrical device that provides a path for electrical current to flow
- a journey or route all the way around a particular place or area (syn: tour)
we took a quick circuit of the park
a ten-day coach circuit of the island
- an established itinerary of venues or events that a particular group of people travel to
she's a familiar name on the club circuit
on the lecture circuit
the judge makes a circuit of the courts in his district
the international tennis circuit
- the boundary line encompassing an area or object (syn: circumference)
- (law) a judicial division of a state or the United States (so-called because originally judges traveled and held court in different locations); one of the twelve groups of states in the United States that is covered by a particular circuit court of appeals
- a racetrack for automobile races
- movement once around a course (syn: circle, lap)

verb

- make a circuit
They were circuiting about the state

Extra examples

It takes a year for the Earth to make one circuit around the sun.

...after circuiting the exterior of the church, the procession headed inside...

A rude circuit of stones, of unknown origin.

The circuit of changes is completed in the course of a year.

The renovated circuit of Hungaroring didn't that much please the drivers.

The Phoenicians circuited the greatest part of the habitable world.

This comet circuits the Sun in about eleven years.

We did a circuit of the old city.

Josephson integrated circuit

MOS LSI circuit

They were circuiting about the state

We'll correct the problem with the circuit as soon as possible.

We measured the change in voltage across the circuit.

...many of the judge's confreres on the Fifth Circuit bench don't feel as she does on the issue...

Wires are soldered onto the circuit board.

Word forms

noun
singular: circuit
plural: circuits
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