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Meaning
Noun
●
The
act
of
moving
or
revolving
around, or
as in
a
circle
or
orbit
; a revolution
●
The
circumference
of, or
distance
around, any
space
; the
measure
of a
line
around an area.
●
That which
encircles
anything, as
a ring
or crown.
●
The
space
enclosed
within a
circle
, or within limits.
●
In Electricity:
Enclosed
path
of an
electric current
, usually
designed
for a certain function.
●
A
regular
or
appointed
trip
from place to place as part of
one's
job
●
In Law:
The
jurisdiction
of certain
judges
within a state or country, whether
itinerant
or not.
●
Various
administrative
divisions
of
imperial
and early Republican China, including:
The
counties
at the
fringes
of the
empire
, usually with a non-Chinese
population
, from the Han to the Western Jin.
The 10
or so
major
provinces
of the
empire
from the Tang to the early Yuan.
Major
provincial
divisions
from the Yuan to early Republican China.
●
In Law:
Abbreviation of
circuit
court.
●
In Methodism:
The
basic
grouping
of local Methodist churches.
●
By
analogy
to the
proceeding
three, a set of
theaters
among which the same
acts
circulate
; especially common in the
heyday
of vaudeville.
●
In Motor racing:
A
track
on which a
race
in
held
; a
race
track
●
circumlocution
●
In Scientology:
A
thought
that
unconsciously
goes round
and
round in
a person's
mind
and
controls
that person.
●
In Graph theory:
A
closed
path
, without
repeated
vertices
allowed.
●
A
chain
of cinemas/movie theaters.
Verb
●
To
move in
a
circle
; to
go round
; to circulate.
●
To
travel
around.
Sourced from
Wiktionary
Origin
circuit
English
circuit
Middle English (1100-1500)
circuit
Old French (842-ca. 1400)
circuitus
Latin
Sourced from
Etym
Synonyms
Periplus
Dao
Lu
Route
Tao
Province
Racetrack
Related
Loop
Capacitor
Device
Switch
Wire
Amplifier
Transistor
Connector
Converter
Controller
Relay
Motor
Diode
Grid
Transformer
Resistor
Voltage
Rectifier
Coil
Oscillator
Sensor
Inductor
Generator
Inverter
System
Signal
Module
Antenna
Cable
Raceway
Mosfet
Comparator
Microcontroller
Gate
Battery
Panel
Junction
Waveform
Current
Machine
Output
Regulator
Topology
Transmitter
Fuse
Conductor
Unit
Microprocessor
Panelboard
Cmos
Power Supply
Zener Diode
Transmission Line
Voltage Divider
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Rhymes
Circuit
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