circuit
Nouns
- (n) an electrical device that provides a path for electrical current to flow electrical circuit, electric circuit,
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(n) 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
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(n) 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
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(n) 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
- (n) (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
- (n) a racetrack for automobile races racing circuit,
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(n) movement once around a course
- he drove an extra lap just for insurance
Verbs
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(v) make a circuit
- They were circuiting about the state