cir|cuit

cir|cuit: cir|cuit «SUR kiht», noun, verb.

–n.

1. a) the action of going around; a moving around; a trip around: »The earth takes a year to make its circuit of the sun.
b) a roundabout course; detour: »They…could only advance by long circuits (Elisha K. Kane).

2. a) the route over which a person or group makes repeated journeys at certain times: »Some judges make a circuit, stopping at certain towns along the way to hold court. Some theater companies travel over regular circuits.
SYNONYM(S): way, course. b) the persons making such a circuit: »a leading member of the circuit.
c) the part of the country through which such journeys are made: »The circuit includes Iowa, Kansas, and Nebraska.

3. the district under the jurisdiction of a circuit court.

4. a territorial division of Methodist churches, served by an itinerant preacher or a group of itinerant preachers: »The Societies in this circuit increase (John Wesley).

5. a) the complete path, or a part of it, over which an electric current flows. A circuit usually includes the generating apparatus. When the path of the current is complete so that the electricity is free to flow, the circuit is a closed or made circuit; if interrupted at any point, it is an open or broken circuit. b) an arrangement of wiring, tubes, transistors, or other electronic components forming electrical connections; hookup. c) a diagram showing the connections of such an arrangement; hookup.

6. a) a number of theaters under the same management and presenting the same shows. b) a number of places at which performers, speakers, etc., appear regularly or at certain times: »the night club circuit, the lecture circuit.
c) U.S. an association or league of sports teams: »the best club in the circuit.

7. the distance around any space.

8. the line enclosing any space: »a rude circuit of stones (George Grote).

9. the space enclosed: »The sound, that fills the circuit of the world around (Alexander Pope).

–v.t.

to pass or travel around; make the circuit of: »some…comet, circuiting the sun in about eleven years (Richard Anthony Proctor).

–v.i.

to go in a circuit; revolve: »the moon as she circuits round the earth (Richard Anthony Proctor).

╂[< Latin circuitus a going around, variant of circumitus, past participle of circumīre go around < circum around + īre go]

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cir|cuit|ry — «SUR kuh tree», noun, plural ries. 1. the science of electrical or electronic circuits: »Advances in circuitry…are providing faster, more efficient, and more compact computer packages (Vin Zeluff). 2. the wiring, tubes, transistors, printed… … Useful english dictionary
cir·cuit — /ˈsɚkət/ noun, pl cuits [count] 1 : a series of performances, sports events, lectures, etc., that are held or done at many different places usually singular She will be on a lecture circuit [=she will be traveling from place to place giving… … Useful english dictionary
cir·cuit·ry — /ˈsɚkətri/ noun [noncount] : a system or group of electric circuits computer circuitry … Useful english dictionary
closed-cir|cuit — «KLOHZD SUR kiht», adjective. denoting or having to do with television or radio transmitted by wire or cable, and not broadcast over the air, but to a certain limited audience, for example in a chain of theaters or a group of classrooms: »Guests… … Useful english dictionary
mi|cro|cir|cuit|ry — «MY kroh SUR kuh tree», noun. 1. the study of microcircuits. 2. the components of a microcircuit; integrated circuitry. 3. microscopic circuits: »Ganglion cells, however, fall into certain classes, indicating considerable order in the… … Useful english dictionary
mi|cro|cir|cuit — «MY kroh SUR kiht», noun. a highly miniaturized electronic circuit, usually formed of micromodules; integrated circuit: »Microcircuits…are replacing miniaturized circuits just as transistors replaced vacuum tubes (Scientific American) … Useful english dictionary
o|pen-cir|cuit — «O puhn SUR kiht», adjective. 1. of or having to do with a television or radio program which is broadcast over the air to any viewers or listeners. 2. having to do with a device used in skin diving that permits exhaled air to escape in a chain of … Useful english dictionary
short-cir|cuit — short circuit, a side circuit of electricity that is formed when insulation wears off a wire or wires that touch each other or some connecting conductor, so that the main circuit is by passed. A short circuit usually blows a fuse and may cause a… … Useful english dictionary
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