circuit

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circuit

The race car completes one circuit of the track.

Definition

1. Noun: - A roughly circular line, route, or movement that starts and finishes at the same place: A closed path or loop. - A system of electrical conductors and components forming a path for current to flow: An electrical circuit. - A series of events or venues visited in a regular sequence: A regular journey or route taken by a person or group, especially for professional purposes. - A judicial district: An area containing several courts over which a judge or judges travel to hold sessions. - A sports track: A track for racing, especially for cars or motorcycles.

2. Verb: - To move all the way around a place: To make a circuit of something.

Examples

  • Noun:

    • He completed a circuit of the park on his morning run.
    • A short circuit caused the power outage.
    • The band is on a national concert circuit.
    • The case was heard in the Ninth Circuit Court.
    • The Formula 1 cars sped around the circuit.

  • Verb:

    • The judge circuits the county courts twice a year.
Advanced Usage

  • "To make a circuit of": To travel around the edge or perimeter of a place.

    • We made a circuit of the lake before heading home.

  • "Closed/open circuit": In electronics, a complete/incomplete path for electrical current.

    • The television system operates on a closed circuit.
Variants and Related Words

  • Circuitry (n): The detailed structure and components of an electrical circuit.

    • The device's internal circuitry is very complex.

  • Circuitous (adj): (Of a route or journey) longer than the most direct way; roundabout.

    • We took a circuitous path to avoid the traffic.
Synonyms
  • Loop: A shape produced by a curve that bends around and crosses itself.
  • Tour: A journey for pleasure in which several different places are visited.
  • Track: A prepared course or circuit for racing.
Related Phrasal Verbs
  • Circuit around: To move in a circular path around an area.
    • The plane circuited around the airport waiting for clearance to land.
Related Idioms
  • "On the circuit": Regularly participating in a series of events at different venues (e.g., lecture circuit, comedy circuit).
    • After her book was published, she spent a year on the speaking circuit.
circuit

The race car completes one circuit of the track.

Noun
  1. movement once around a course
    • he drove an extra lap just for insurance
  2. a racetrack for automobile races
  3. (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
  4. 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. an established itinerary of venues or events that a particular group of people travel to
    • 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
  6. 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
  7. an electrical device that provides a path for electrical current to flow
Verb
  1. make a circuit
    • They were circuiting about the state

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