English Explanatory Dictionary

circuit

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The act of moving or revolving around, or as in a circle or orbit; a revolution
  2. The circumference of, or distance around, any space; the measure of a line around an area.
  3. That which encircles anything, as a ring or crown.
  4. The space enclosed within a circle, or within limits.
  5. Enclosed path of an electric current, usually designed for a certain function.
  6. A regular or appointed trip from place to place as part of one's job
  7. The jurisdiction of certain judges within a state or country, whether itinerant or not.
  8. Abbreviation of circuit court.
  9. The basic grouping of local Methodist churches.
  10. A set of theaters among which the same acts circulate; especially common in the heyday of vaudeville.
  11. A track on which a race is held; a racetrack
  12. circumlocution
verb
  1. To move in a circle; to go round; to circulate.
  2. To travel around.
noun
  1. Various administrative divisions of imperial and early Republican China, including:
  2. The counties at the fringes of the empire, usually with a non-Chinese population, from the Han to the Western Jin.
  3. The 10 or so major provinces of the empire from the Tang to the early Yuan.
  4. Major provincial divisions from the Yuan to early Republican China.

Pronunciation

/ˈsɜː.kɪt/ /ˈsɝ.kɪt/ /ˈsɜ(ɾ).kɪʈ/ /sə(ɾ)ˈkjuʈ/ en-us-circuit.ogg

Word forms

circuit circuits circuiting circuited

Etymology

From Middle English circuit, from Old French circuit, from Latin circuitus (“a going round”), from circuire (“go round”), from circum (“around”) + ire.

Synonyms

periplus dao lu route tao

Derived words

arc-fault circuit interrupter Banana Pancake Circuit biocircuit Boolean circuit chicken-in-a-basket circuit circuital circuit bending circuit board circuit breaker circuit-breaker circuit court circuit diagram circuiteer circuiter circuit intendant circuitous circuit party circuit queen circuit race circuit rank circuit rider circuitry circuit slugger circuit split circuit topology circuit training circuity citronella circuit closed circuit closed-circuit closed-circuit television cocircuit combinational circuit Domesday circuit electrical circuit electric circuit electronic circuit Eulerian circuit final circuit Foxhole Circuit Galvanic circuit Home Circuit in-circuit integrated circuit integrated optical circuit intracircuit Junior Circuit Kirchhoff's circuit laws Kirchoff's circuit laws local circuit logic circuit macrocircuit magnetic circuit mesocorticolimbic circuit microcircuit multicircuit nanocircuit nano-circuit neurocircuit noncircuit
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