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What (who) is circuit - definition
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Circut; Circuit (disambiguation); Circuits
circuit
n.
path of an electric current
1) to break; close a circuit
2) a closed; integrated; printed; short circuit
route traveled by a judge on tour
3) to make a circuit (the judge makes a circuit every year)
4) on circuit (the judge was on circuit)
series of similar events
5) the lecture; rodeo; talk-show circuit
circuit
(circuits)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
An electrical circuit is a complete route which an electric current can flow around.
Any attempts to cut through the cabling will break the electrical circuit.
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2.
A circuit is a series of places that are visited regularly by a person or group, especially as a part of their job.
It's a common problem, the one I'm asked about most when I'm on the lecture circuit.
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3.
A racing circuit is a track on which cars, motorbikes, or cycles race. (mainly BRIT)
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4.
A circuit of a place or area is a journey all the way round it. (FORMAL)
She made a slow circuit of the room.
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circuit
1. <communications> A communications path in a {circuit
switching} network.
2. <electronics> A complete path through which an electric
current can flow.
The term is used loosely for any device or subsystem using
electrical or electronic components. E.g. "That lightning
bolt fried the circuits in my GPS receiver". An {integrated
circuit} (IC) contains components built on a Silicon die.
(2002-07-15)
Examples of use of circuit
1. Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia circuit.
2. Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.
3. Circuit Court of Appeals; and another judge from the 5th Circuit, Emilio Garza.
4. Circuit; Michael McConnell of the 10th Circuit; Emilio Garza of the 5th Circuit; former solicitor general Theodore Olsen; and former deputy attorney general Larry Thompson.
5. Conrad Jr. to the 4th Circuit, Catharina Haynes to the 5th Circuit and John Daniel Tinder to the 7th Circuit – he had selected candidates for only five of the 15 circuit court vacancies.