Synonyms:
circuit, electrical_circuit, electric_circuit
Meaning: an electrical device that provides a path for electrical current to flow
Synonyms:
tour, circuit
Meaning: 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"
verb
meaning of the word
Synonyms:
circuit
Meaning: make a circuit; "They were circuiting about the state"
Usage examples
A complete circuit proved that it was.
He has been on circuit now since I came.
On releasing the key the circuit is broken and magnetism instantly ceases.
The doctor made the circuit of the house and stable yard but could find no Zip.
This device being a relay, its purpose is to repeat transmitted signals into a local circuit, as before explained.
He had acquainted the minister with the facts, and Mr. Banks had decided that the two circuit stewards must be informed.
With a simple circuit, therefore, between two stations and where an intermediate battery is not necessary, a relay is not used.
The slim, bare, copper wire snapped on the least provocation, and the circuit was "down" for thirty-six days in the first six months.
One most disheartening circumstance appeared, viz. that when he made the circuit oval his law of equable description of areas broke down.
The circuit judges were turned out of office, and five new judges were added to the Supreme Court, who were to perform circuit duty also.