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What (who) is circuits - 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
¦ noun
1. a roughly circular line, route, or movement.
2. Brit. a track used for motor racing, horse racing, or athletics.
3. a system of electrical conductors and components forming a complete path around which an electric current can flow.
4. an established series of sporting events or entertainments.
a series of athletic exercises performed in one training session.
a regular journey by a judge around a district to hear court cases.
5. a group of Methodist Churches forming an administrative unit.
¦ verb move all the way around.
Origin
ME: via OFr. from L. circuitus, from circuire, var. of circumire 'go round'.
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.
N-COUNT: usu supp N
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.
N-COUNT: usu N of n
Examples of use of circuits
1. The overload caused short circuits along the supply network.
2. As temperatures rose to 100 degrees, more circuits failed Tuesday.
3. After proving that integrated circuits were possible, Kilby directed the teams that built the first military systems and the first computer based on integrated circuits.
4. "This kind of misinformation campaign short–circuits judgment.
5. The fires were mainly caused by electric short–circuits.