Definitions for circuit

Definitions for (noun) circuit

Main entry: circle, circuit, lap

Definition: movement once around a course

Usage: he drove an extra lap just for insurance


Main entry: tour, circuit

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

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


Main entry: circuit, electric circuit, electrical circuit

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


Main entry: racing circuit, circuit

Definition: a racetrack for automobile races


Main entry: circuit

Definition: (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


Main entry: circuit, circumference

Definition: the boundary line encompassing an area or object

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


Main entry: circuit

Definition: an established itinerary of venues or events that a particular group of people travel to

Usage: 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


Definitions for (verb) circuit

Main entry: circuit

Definition: make a circuit

Usage: They were circuiting about the state


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