Circuit

Noun

 * 1) 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) 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 journeying from place to place in the exercise of one's calling, as of a judge, or a preacher.
 * 7)  A certain division of a state or country, established by law for a judge or judges to visit, for the administration of justice.
 * 8) (Methodist Church) A district in which an itinerant preacher labors.
 * 9) By analogy to the proceeding three, a set of theaters among which the same acts circulate; especially common in the heyday of vaudeville.
 * 10)  circumlocution

Verb

 * 1)  To move in a circle; to go round; to circulate.
 * 2)  To travel around.

Adjectives for Circuit
respectful; due; electric; unbroken; annual; elliptical; tedious;   irregular;  spacious; voltaic; short.

Verbs for Circuit
administer —; appoint to —; attach to —; complete —; discontinue —; divide into —s; enclose within —; form —; plug into —; regulate —; remodel —; retain —; ride —; supervise —; travel —; visit —; — comprises; — consists of; — prevails; — transmits.

Related terms

 * circuit board
 * circuit breaker
 * circuit court
 * circuitous
 * circuitry
 * Galvanic circuit
 * integrated circuit
 * printed circuit
 * short circuit
 * Voltaic circuit

Thesaurus
network, nonsinusoidal circuit, noose, orb, orbit, outing, outline, outposts, outskirts, package tour, pale, path, peregrination, perimeter, periphery, pilgrimage, playing engagement, pleasure trip, precinct, precincts, primrose path, printed circuit, progress, province, pulse, purlieus, radio links, radius, realm, rectifier circuit, revolution, revolve, ring, road, rondelle, rotation, round, round trip, roundabout, roundabout way, roundel, rounds, route, rubberneck tour, run, safari, sally, saucer, sea lane, semiconductor circuit, series, series multiple, shoot, short, short circuit, shortcut, situation, skirt, spell, sphere, sphincter, spiral, stalk, stand, suburbs, surround, surroundings, systole, thermionic tube circuit, thesis, total environment, tour, track, trade route, traject, trajectory, trajet, transistor circuit, travels, trek, trip, turn, upbeat, vaudeville circuit, vector field, vicinage, vicinity, vicious circle, voyage, walk, way, wheel, whirl, wreath, air lane, alentours, ambages, ambience, ambit, amplifier circuit, annular muscle, annulus, arena, areola, arsis, association, astable circuit, aureole, back-to-back switching circuit, bailiwick, beat, booking, border, borderland, borderlands, borscht circuit, bound, boundary, bout, break, broken circuit, bypass, campaign, chaplet, circle, circuital field, circuiteer, circuitry, circulate, circulation, circumambiencies, circumambulate, circumbendibus, circumference, circumjacencies, circummigrate, circumnavigate, circumstances, circumvent, circumvolution, circus, close the circle, closed circle, closed circuit, coast-to-coast hookup, come full circle, compass, complete circuit, conference, confines, context, corona, coronet, coupling circuit, course, crown, cycle, date, dead circuit, demesne, department, describe a circle, detour, deviation, diadem, diastole, digression, discus, disk, domain, dominion, downbeat, edge, encircle, encompass, engagement, entourage, environing circumstances, environment, environs, equivalent circuit, eternal return, excursion, expedition, fairy ring, field, flank, flight path, flip-flop circuit, full circle, galvanic circuit, garland, gestalt, girdle, girdle the globe, girth, glory, go about, go around, go round, go the round, grand tour, gyration, gyre, habitat, halo, hemisphere, hookup, hot circuit, itinerary, jaunt, journey, judicial circuit, junket, jurisdiction, lap, lasso, lateral circuit, leg, limit, line, live circuit, logical circle, loop, looplet, magic circle, magnetic circuit, make a circuit, march, margin, microcircuit, milieu, monostable circuit, multiple circuit, multiple series, neighborhood, net,

Etymology
< circuit: <  circuit: <  circuitus: < circuire: < circum: + ire:

Noun

 * Finnish:


 * Finnish:


 * Finnish:


 * Bulgarian: кръг


 * French:
 * Icelandic: rafrás, straumrás, rafstraumsrás, lína, rás


 * Japanese: 回路
 * Korean: 회로

Noun

 * 1)  racetrack
 * 2)  electric circuit
 * 3)  exclusive group of individuals, clique, circle

Synonyms

 * (race track) racebaan
 * (electricity) elektrisch circuit, elektrisch netwerk
 * (group of people) kliek, kring

Etymology
From

Etymology
From circuitus:

Noun

 * 1) circuit

Related terms

 * circula
 * circulabil
 * circulant
 * circular
 * circulare
 * circulat
 * circulație
 * circumferință
 * circumscriere
 * circulator