circuit
pronunciation
How to pronounce circuit in British English:
UK [ˈsɜːkɪt]
How to pronounce circuit in American English:
US [ˈsɜːrkɪt]
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- Noun:
- an electrical device that provides a path for electrical current to flow
- a journey or route all the way around a particular place or area
- an established itinerary of venues or events that a particular group of people travel to
- (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 appe
- a racetrack for automobile races
- movement once around a course
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- Verb:
- make a circuit
Word Origin
- circuit (n.)
- late 14c., "a going around; a line going around," from Old French circuit (14c.) "a circuit; a journey (around something)," from Latin circuitus "a going around," from stem of circuire, circumire "go around," from circum "round" (see circum-) + ire "to go" (see ion). Electrical sense is from 1746. Of judicial assignments, from 1570s; of venues for itinerant entertainers, from 1834. Circuit breaker is recorded from 1874. Related: Circuital.
- circuit (v.)
- "to go around," early 15c., from circuit (n.). Related: Circuited; circuiting.
Example
- 1. Three more associations correspond to the three traditional circuit elements .
- 2. The second circuit is authoritative in intellectual property .
- 3. This memory is embedded deep in my brain as a circuit of connected cells that I will likely have forever .
- 4. Do you always run around the same circuit ?
- 5. The analogous circuit proved simple to derive .