Definitions for CIRCUIT
ˈsɜr kɪtcir·cuit

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:2.5 / 6 votes

1. circuit, electrical circuit, electric circuitnoun

   an electrical device that provides a path for electrical current to flow

2. tour, circuitnoun

   a journey or route all the way around a particular place or area

   "they took an extended tour of Europe"; "we took a quick circuit of the park"; "a ten-day coach circuit of the island"

3. circuitnoun

   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"

4. circumference, circuitnoun

   the boundary line encompassing an area or object

   "he had walked the full circumference of his land"; "a danger to all races over the whole circumference of the globe"

5. circuitnoun

   (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

6. racing circuit, circuitnoun

   a racetrack for automobile races

7. lap, circle, circuitverb

   movement once around a course

   "he drove an extra lap just for insurance"

8. circuitverb

   make a circuit

   "They were circuiting about the state"

WiktionaryRate this definition:4.0 / 5 votes

1. circuitnoun

   The act of moving or revolving around, or as in a circle or orbit; a revolution; as, the periodical circuit of the earth around the sun.

2. circuitnoun

   The circumference of, or distance around, any space; the measure of a line around an area.

3. circuitnoun

   That which encircles anything, as a ring or crown.

4. circuitnoun

   The space enclosed within a circle, or within limits.

5. circuitnoun

   Enclosed path of an electric current, usually designed for a certain function.

6. circuitnoun

   A regular or appointed journeying from place to place in the exercise of one's calling, as of a judge, or a preacher.

7. circuitnoun

   A certain division of a state or country, established by law for a judge or judges to visit, for the administration of justice.

8. circuitnoun

   A district in which an itinerant preacher labors.

9. circuitnoun

   By analogy to the proceeding three, a set of theaters among which the same acts circulate; especially common in the heyday of vaudeville.

10. circuitverb

    To move in a circle; to go round; to circulate.

11. circuitverb

    To travel around.

    Having circuited the air.

12. circuitnoun

    circumlocution

13. Etymology: From circuit, from circuit, from circuitus, from circuire, from circum + ire

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. CIRCUITnoun

   Etymology: circuit, Fr. circuitus, Latin.

   1. The act of moving round any thing.

   The circuits, in former times, went but round about the pale; as the circuit of the cynosura about the pole. Davies.

   There are four moons also perpetually rolling round the planet Jupiter, and carried along with him in his periodical circuit round the sun. Isaac Watts, Improvement.

   2. The space inclosed in a circle.

   He led me up
   A woody mountain, whose high top was plain
   A circuit wide inclos’d. John Milton, Paradise Lost, b. viii.

   3. Space; extent; measured by travelling round.

   He attributeth unto it smallness, in respect of circuit. Richard Hooker, b. v. s. 19.

   The lake of Bolsena is reckoned one and twenty miles in circuit. Joseph Addison, on Italy.

   4. A ring; a diadem; that by which any thing is incircled.

   And this fell tempest shall not cease to rage,
   Until the golden circuit on my head
   Do calm the fury of this mad-brain’d flaw. William Shakespeare, Hen. VI.

   5. The visitations of the judges for holding assises.6. The tract of country visited by the judges.7. Circuit of Action.In law, is a longer course of proceeding to recover the thing sued for than is needful. John Cowell

2. To Circuitverb

   To move circularly.

   Etymology: from the noun.

   Pining with equinoctial heat, unless
   The cordial cup perpetual motion keep,
   Quick circuiting. Philips.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. circuit

   A circuit is a closed path or loop through which an electric current flows. It can also refer to a system of electrical devices connected to conduct electrical current or signals. Furthermore, in a broader context, a circuit can be a regular route or sequence of activities, events, or places, such as a court circuit where judges preside over different courts in rotation.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:4.5 / 2 votes

1. Circuitnoun

   the act of moving or revolving around, or as in a circle or orbit; a revolution; as, the periodical circuit of the earth round the sun

2. Circuitnoun

   the circumference of, or distance round, any space; the measure of a line round an area

3. Circuitnoun

   that which encircles anything, as a ring or crown

4. Circuitnoun

   the space inclosed within a circle, or within limits

5. Circuitnoun

   a regular or appointed journeying from place to place in the exercise of one's calling, as of a judge, or a preacher

6. Circuitnoun

   a certain division of a state or country, established by law for a judge or judges to visit, for the administration of justice

7. Circuitnoun

   a district in which an itinerant preacher labors

8. Circuitnoun

   circumlocution

9. Circuitverb

   to move in a circle; to go round; to circulate

10. Circuitverb

    to travel around

11. Etymology: [F. circuit, fr. L. circuitus, fr. circuire or circumire to go around; circum around + ire to go.]

WikidataRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. Circuit

   A circuit was a historical political division of China, and is still a Japanese one. In Korea, the same word 道 is translated as "province".

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. Circuit

   sėr′kit, n. the act of moving round: area, extent: a round made in the exercise of a calling, esp. the round made by the judges for holding the courts of law: the judges making the round: (Shak.) diadem.—v.t. to go round.—n. Circuiteer′, a judge: one who goes on a circuit.—adj. Circū′itous, round about.—adv. Circū′itously.—n. Circū′ity, motion in a circle: an indirect course.—Make a circuit, to go round. [Fr.,—L. circuitus—circuīre, circum, round, īre, to go.]

The Standard Electrical DictionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. Circuit

   A conducting path for electric currents properly forming a complete path with ends joined and including generally a generating device of some kind. Part of the conduction may be true and part electrolytic. (See Electrolytic Conduction.) The term has become extended, so that the term is often applied to any portion of a circuit conveniently considered by itself. The simplest example of a complete circuit would be a circular conductor. If rotated in the earth's field so as to cut its lines of force a current would go through it, and it would be an electric circuit. Another example is a galvanic battery with its ends connected by a wire. Here the battery generates the current which, by electrolytic conduction, goes through the battery and by true conduction through the wire. For an example of a portion of a circuit spoken of as "a circuit" see Circuit, Astatic.

Editors ContributionRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. circuit

   A form of lesson plan with a variety of exercises to maintain health with positive music and a motivating instructor with a passion for exercise and people.

   Many gyms and community halls have a circuit group that love to exercise.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on August 7, 2020  

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   circuit

   A type of electrical device created and designed in various colors, materials, mechanisms, shapes, sizes and styles.

   The electricity supply had a circuit within the mechanism.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on January 16, 2020  

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1. circuit

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1. • Boundary Line
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   • Journey
   • Law
   • Path
   • Racetrack
   • Travel

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'CIRCUIT' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3624

2. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'CIRCUIT' in Nouns Frequency: #1321

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of CIRCUIT in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of CIRCUIT in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of CIRCUIT in a Sentence

1. Mitch McConnell:

   Our colleague is not trying to conclude an unending discussion that he cannot stop, he’s trying to short-circuit a debate that he cannot win, this is just the kind of short-sighted power grab this body was actually built to stop.

2. Erick Arnoldson:

   We have developed software to improve battery life to two years. Water completes the circuit, so when our bait is out of the water, it turns off. With the new software, our baits also detect movement. Now, even when submerged, if there is a long period without movement, the bait goes into a deep sleep.

3. Molly Levinson:

   The argument that women gave up a right to equal pay by accepting the best collective bargaining agreement possible in response to the Federation's refusal to put equal pay on the table is not a legitimate reason for continuing to discriminate against them, today, we are filing a motion to allow us to appeal immediately the district court's decision so that Ninth Circuit will be able to review these claims.

4. Jeff Sessions:

   We've got cases moving in the very, very liberal Ninth Circuit, who, they've been hostile to the order, we won a case in Virginia recently that was a nicely-written order that just demolished, I thought, all the arguments that some of the other people have been making. We are confident that the President will prevail on appeal and particularly in the Supreme Court, if not the Ninth Circuit. So this is a huge matter. I really am amazed that a judge sitting on an island in the Pacific can issue an order that stops the President of the United States from what appears to be clearly his statutory and Constitutional power.

5. Erik Jaffe:

   You can’t short-circuit the ordinary steps of judicial review for serious constitutional questions.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=CIRCUIT
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Circuit
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=CIRCUIT
4. ^ ChatGPT
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5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/CIRCUIT
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=CIRCUIT
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=CIRCUIT
8. ^ The Standard Electrical Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26535/pg26535-images.html#:~:text=CIRCUIT