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Circuit

noun

1.

An electrical device that provides a path for electrical current to flow. Synonyms: electric circuit, electrical circuit.

2.

A journey or route all the way around a particular place or area. Synonym: tour. "We took a quick circuit of the park" , "A ten-day coach circuit of the island"

3.

An established itinerary of venues or events that a particular group of people travel to. "On the lecture circuit" , "The judge makes a circuit of the courts in his district" , "The international tennis circuit"

4.

The boundary line encompassing an area or object. Synonym: circumference. "A danger to all races over the whole circumference of the globe"

5.

(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.

6.

A racetrack for automobile races. Synonym: racing circuit.

7.

Movement once around a course. Synonyms: circle, lap.

verb

1.

Make a circuit.

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"Circuit" Quotes from Famous Books

... Trans-Missouri Freight Case (1897), the Supreme Court declared that the Sherman Law applied to railway conspiracies, and in the Addystone Pipe Case (1898), a decision against an industrial combination, written by Circuit Judge William H. Taft, was upheld by the court of last appeal. The Northern Securities Case, started in 1902, was pushed to a successful end in 1904, when it became apparent that legal control could be exercised ...

— The New Nation • Frederic L. Paxson

... find the sun apparently still at the same altitude, and then once more at 6 a.m. to see it still no higher. The altitude had changed, of course, but so slightly that it was imperceptible with the naked eye. To us it appeared as though the sun made the circuit of the heavens at exactly the same altitude. The times of day that I have given here are calculated according to the meridian of Framheim; we continued to reckon our time from this. The observations soon told us that we were not on the absolute Pole, but as close to it as we could ...

— The South Pole, Volumes 1 and 2 • Roald Amundsen

... and fro on the carpet. So far there was no actual fear in his manner, but he was uneasy and anxious, and nothing would induce him to go within touching distance of the walking cat. Once he made a complete circuit, but always carefully out of reach; and in the end he returned to his master's legs and rubbed vigorously against him. Flame did not like the performance at all: ...

— Lords of the Housetops - Thirteen Cat Tales • Various

... never been inside the little chapel at Sinverness; but Mysie's advice, he allowed, "had a savor o' sense in it," and so the next day he rode over to Keswick and opened his heart to John Sugden, the superintendent of the Derwent Circuit. He had assured himself on the road that he would only tell John just as much as was necessary for his quest; but he was quite unable to resist the preacher's hearty sympathy. There never were two men more unlike than Andrew Cargill ...

— Scottish sketches • Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr

... corner of the seat. The man followed and sat down at Marsh's right, pulling the door to after him. The other man climbed back to his seat at the wheel and started the car. They went down Sheridan Road, and turning through the next street, made the circuit of the block, returning again to Sheridan ...

— The Sheridan Road Mystery • Paul Thorne

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