circuit
- noun
- /ˈsɜrkɪt/
- The delegation remained in Washington, again making the circuit to reaffirm support for their cause.
- a ritual circuit
- a global circuit
You don't have to get good on your local circuit before you can leave.
- You don't have to get good on your local circuit before you can leave.
- And then, yeah, I've been on the circuit with them doing all sorts of stuff.
- As you can hear from that poem, though, going on the circuit wasn't always a pleasant surprise.
- This is our very first attempt to have a circuit speaking tour, an old fashioned circuit tour.
Examples
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This is our very first attempt to have a circuit speaking tour, an old fashioned circuit tour.
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I'm on the lecture circuit with my new book...
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In the courtyard below, two women could be seen making a circuit of the garden.
Fiction book (1993) -
The master rode a complete circuit around the column, seeing that all was in order.
Fiction book (1990) -
I did a story on the diner circuit in New Hampshire.
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They’re saying you get $500 a week on the lecture circuit.
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After traveling around the country for months, she finally completed her book tour circuit.
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The local theater group is organizing a fundraising circuit to perform at various community centers.
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He completed a cycling circuit that took him through several picturesque towns before returning home.
Synonyms
A road or path people use to travel between places
A trip visiting several places and returning to the start, usually for work or pleasure
A closed path where electric current or signals flow
A journey to a place and back to where you started
Compounds
- Specialized
A flat board inside devices like phones or computers that holds and connects electronic parts
- Specialized
A device that automatically stops electric current to prevent overloads
- Specialized
An accidental electrical connection that lets electricity flow the wrong way and can cause damage or fire
- Specialized
A small electronic chip with many connected parts that works like a complete electronic system
A system of cameras and monitors that records and shows images for security, not for public broadcast
- Specialized
An electrical part that manages how a machine like a motor works by changing electric signals
- Specialized
An electric path inside a computer that does a specific job like processing data or storing information
A group of hotels in the Catskills popular with Jewish guests and known for comedy shows
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A way in software to stop contacting a failing service to prevent more failures
- Formal
A federal court that reviews cases from lower courts in a group of states
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A closed path for electricity that splits into branches so devices work independently
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Parts connected one after another so electricity has only one path and flows through each
- Specialized
An electric circuit in a diamond shape that measures resistance when you connect a meter across it
- Archaic
Group of resorts in the Catskills where Jewish performers, especially comedians, often worked
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A board with electronic parts that you insert into a computer to add functions like graphics or wireless
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An electrical circuit that sends part of its output back to its input to control how it works
- Specialized
An electronic device that gives an off signal only when all inputs are on
- Specialized
An electronic system that returns part of the output to reduce and steady the signal
- Specialized
An electronic part that makes or controls short electrical signals at exact times
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An electrical device that makes a strong signal at one frequency, like a radio tuner
- Specialized
An electric circuit with a coil and a capacitor that makes or picks an electrical signal at a specific frequency
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An electric path where current splits into more than one branch and then joins again
- Specialized
A circuit in a radio that mutes the sound when the signal is weaker than background noise
- Specialized
An electronic circuit that gives an on output only when an odd number of its inputs are on
How Long
Surface Forms
Etymology
Circuit comes from the old Latin root circum meaning 'around', the same idea as circle. It originally meant 'a going round', so a touring circuit is a regular route or series of places people visit and return to the start.