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circuit
noun
1 circuit
An electrical device that provides a path for electrical current to flow.
synonyms: electric circuit, electrical circuit.
Roget 311:
circuition†,
circulation;
turn,
curvet;
excursion,
circumvention,
circumnavigation,
circumambulation;
northwest passage;
circuit
etc.
629.
turning
etc.
v.;
wrench;
evolution;
coil,
corkscrew.
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Roget 629:
circuit,
roundabout way,
digression,
detour,
circumbendibus,
ambages†,
loop;
winding
etc.
(circuition)
311†;
zigzag
etc.
(deviation)
279.
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Roget 248:
winding
etc.
v.;
convolution,
involution,
circumvolution;
wave,
undulation,
tortuosity,
anfractuosity†;
sinuosity,
sinuation†;
meandering,
circuit,
circumbendibus†,
twist,
twirl,
windings and turnings,
ambages†;
torsion;
inosculation†;
reticulation
etc.
(crossing)
219;
rivulation†;
roughness
etc.
256.
coil,
roll,
curl;
buckle,
spiral,
helix,
corkscrew,
worm,
volute,
rundle;
tendril;
scollop†,
scallop,
escalop†;
kink;
ammonite,
snakestone†.
serpent,
eel,
maze,
labyrinth.
knot.
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Dutch: elektrisch circuit, circuit
Polish: obwód elektryczny, faza
2 circuit
A journey or route all the way around a particular place or area:
— We took a quick circuit of the park.
— A ten-day coach circuit of the island.
synonym: tour.
Roget 266:
travel;
traveling
etc.
v..
wayfaring,
campaigning.
journey,
excursion,
expedition,
tour,
trip,
grand tour,
circuit,
peregrination,
discursion†,
ramble,
pilgrimage,
hajj,
trek,
course,
ambulation†,
march,
walk,
promenade,
constitutional,
stroll,
saunter,
tramp,
jog trot,
turn,
stalk,
perambulation;
noctambulation†,
noctambulism;
somnambulism;
outing,
ride,
drive,
airing,
jaunt.
equitation,
horsemanship,
riding,
manege [Fr.],
ride and tie;
basophobia†.
roving,
vagrancy,
pererration†;
marching and countermarching;
nomadism;
vagabondism,
vagabondage;
hoboism [U.S.];
gadding;
flit,
flitting,
migration;
emigration,
immigration,
demigration†,
intermigration†;
wanderlust.
plan,
itinerary,
guide;
handbook,
guidebook,
road book;
Baedeker†,
Bradshaw,
Murray;
map,
road map,
transportation guide,
subway map.
procession,
cavalcade,
caravan,
file,
cortege,
column.
[Organs and instruments of locomotion]
vehicle
etc.
272;
automobile,
train,
bus,
airplane,
plane,
autobus,
omnibus,
subway,
motorbike,
dirt bike,
off-road vehicle,
van,
minivan,
motor scooter,
trolley,
locomotive;
legs,
feet,
pegs,
pins,
trotters.
traveler
etc.
268.
depot [U.S.],
railway station,
station.
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Dutch: excursie, toer, rondleiding, reis, rondgang
3 circuit
An established itinerary of venues or events that a particular group of people travel to.
4 circuit
The boundary line encompassing an area or object.
synonym: circumference.
Roget 230:
outline,
circumference;
perimeter,
periphery,
ambit,
circuit,
lines tournure†,
contour,
profile,
silhouette;
bounds;
coast line.
zone,
belt,
girth,
band,
baldric,
zodiac,
girdle,
tyre [Brit.],
cingle†,
clasp,
girt;
cordon
etc.
(inclosure)
232;
circlet,
etc.
247.
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5 circuit
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 circuit
A racetrack for automobile races.
synonym: racing circuit.
Dutch: racebaan
7 circuit
Movement once around a course.
synonyms: circle, lap.
Roget 181:
region,
sphere,
ground,
soil,
area,
field,
realm,
hemisphere,
quarter,
district,
beat,
orb,
circuit,
circle;
reservation,
pale
etc.
(limit)
233;
compartment,
department;
clearing.
[political divisions: see]
(property)
etc.
780
(Government)
etc.
737.1
arena,
precincts,
enceinte,
walk,
march;
patch,
plot,
parcel,
inclosure,
close,
field,
court;
enclave,
reserve,
preserve;
street
etc.
(abode)
189.
clime,
climate,
zone,
meridian,
latitude.
biosphere;
lithosphere.
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Dutch: ronde, rondje
Polish: runda
verb
1 circuit
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