Circuit - definition, pronunciation, transcription
noun
- a journey or route all the way around a particular place or area (syn: tour)
a ten-day coach circuit of the island
on the lecture circuit
the judge makes a circuit of the courts in his district
the international tennis circuit
- (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
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
singular: circuit
plural: circuits
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