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Verb
/ˈsərkət/,
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circuits, plural;
  1. Move all the way around (a place or thing)
    • - the trains will follow the northern line, circuiting the capital
Noun
  1. A roughly circular line, route, or movement that starts and finishes at the same place
    • - I ran a circuit of the village
  2. A complete and closed path around which a circulating electric current can flow

  3. A system of electrical conductors and components forming such a path

  4. An established itinerary of events or venues used for a particular activity, typically involving public performance
    • - the alternative cabaret circuit
  5. A series of sporting events in which the same players regularly take part
    • - his first season on the professional circuit
  6. A series of athletic exercises performed consecutively in one training session
    • - circuit training
  7. A regular journey made by a judge around a particular district to hear cases in court
    • - a circuit judge
  8. A district of this type

  9. A judicial region formerly administered by traveling judges

  10. A group of local Methodist churches forming an administrative unit

  11. A chain of theaters or nightclubs under a single management


  1. an electrical device that provides a path for electrical current to flow
  2. make a circuit; "They were circuiting about the state"
  3. tour: 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"
  4. circumference: 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. (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: a racetrack for automobile races
  7. An airfield traffic pattern is a standard path followed by aircraft when taking off or landing.
  8. A circuit in computer theory is a theoretical structure simulating a real circuit, in which input values enter in one part of the circuit, go through gates which do some computation and output an answer. An important special case of circuits is the boolean circuit.
  9. An electronic circuit is composed of individual electronic components, such as resistors, transistors, capacitors, inductors and diodes, connected by conductive wires or traces through which electric current can flow. ...
  10. Munna Bhai is a series of Bollywood films directed by Rajkumar Hirani and produced by Vinod Chopra Productions. The first film is Munna Bhai M.B.B.S. (2003), the second is Lage Raho Munna Bhai (2006). A third film, Munnabhai Chale Amerika is still under development.
  11. Circuit is a 2001 gay-themed independent film set in the world of gay circuit parties. Written by Dirk Shafer and Gregory Hinton and directed by Shafer, Circuit follows the lives of several people involved in the circuit party scene. ...
  12. Circuit court is the name of court systems in several common law jurisdictions.
  13. 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; The circumference of, or distance around, any space; the measure of a line around an area; That which encircles anything, as a ring or crown; The space ...
  14. (circuitry) A network of wires, integrated circuits, resistors, and other electronic devices and connections, over which electrical impulses travel.
  15. (CIRCUITS) Certain divisions of the country, appointed for particular judges to visit for the trial of causes, or for the administration of justice. See 3 Bl. Com. 58; 3 Bouv. Inst. n. 2532.
  16. (Circuits) (aka: traces or tracks) the metal lines that will carry the current to your components.
  17. (Circuits) A group of cortical fields or nuclei that are linked together by their axons to perform a specific brain function. Core components or circuits are constantly in touch with each other, whereas other components can be brought in as the need arises.
  18. (Circuits) Alternating high-intensity cardio exercise with resistance training exercises to burn calories and fat and increase strength. A sample circuit workout includes three minutes of fast running alternating with two minutes of pushups, crunches, squats, lunges and back extensions.
  19. (Circuits) The wiring that travels through the walls and ceilings of your home. (Wiring between breakers and outlets.)
  20. A network of wiring that typically commences at a panel box, feeds electricity to outlets and ultimately returns to the panel box.
  21. a part of an individual’s bank that behaves as though it were someone or something separate from him and that either talks to him or goes into action of its own accord, and may even, if severe enough, take control of him while it operates. See also engram bank.
  22. An assembly of electrical equipment (socket outlets, lighting points and switches) supplied from the same origin and protected against over current by the same protective device(s).
  23. A circuit is a path for an electric current across a potential (voltage).
  24. Tracks whose meets are in sequence, allowing stables to follow a circuit.
  25. The path of electrical flow from a power source through an outlet and back to ground.