circuit

[Cir·cuit]

A circuit is a circular path. It could be the circuit of an electric current or the route of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. If you’re promoting your new book, you’ll be making the talk show circuit.

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The act of moving or revolving around, or as in a circle or orbit; a revolution; as, the periodical circuit of the earth round the sun.

Noun
movement once around a course; "he drove an extra lap just for insurance"

Noun
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"

Noun
an electrical device that provides a path for electrical current to flow

Noun
a racetrack for automobile races

Noun
(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 appeal

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Noun
an established itinerary of venues or events that a particular group of people travel to; "she''s a familiar name on the club circuit"; "on the lecture circuit"; "the judge makes a circuit of the courts in his district"; "the international tennis circuit"

Verb
make a circuit; "They were circuiting about the state"

n.
The act of moving or revolving around, or as in a circle or orbit; a revolution; as, the periodical circuit of the earth round the sun.

n.
The circumference of, or distance round, any space; the measure of a line round an area.

n.
That which encircles anything, as a ring or crown.

n.
The space inclosed within a circle, or within limits.

n.
A regular or appointed journeying from place to place in the exercise of one's calling, as of a judge, or a preacher.

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A certain division of a state or country, established by law for a judge or judges to visit, for the administration of justice.

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A district in which an itinerant preacher labors.

n.
Circumlocution.

v. i.
To move in a circle; to go round; to circulate.

v. t.
To travel around.

Circuit

Cir"cuit , n. [F. circuit, fr. L. circuitus, fr. circuire or circumire to go around; circum around + ire to go.] 1. The act of moving or revolving around, or as in a circle or orbit; a revolution; as, the periodical circuit of the earth round the sun. Watts. 2. The circumference of, or distance round, any space; the measure of a line round an area.

The circuit or compass of Ireland is 1,800 miles.

3. That which encircles anything, as a ring or crown.

The golden circuit on my head.

4. The space inclosed within a circle, or within limits.

A circuit wide inclosed with goodliest trees.

5. A regular or appointed journeying from place to place in the exercise of one's calling, as of a judge, or a preacher. 6. (a) (Law) A certain division of a state or country, established by law for a judge or judges to visit, for the administration of justice. Bouvier. (b) (Methodist Church) A district in which an itinerant preacher labors. 7. Circumlocution. [Obs.] "Thou hast used no circuit of words." Huloet. Circuit court (Law), a court which sits successively in different places in its circuit (see Circuit, 6). In the United States, the federal circuit courts are commonly presided over by a judge of the supreme court, or a special circuit judge, together with the judge of the district court. They have jurisdiction within statutory limits, both in law and equity, in matters of federal cognizance. Some of the individual States also have circuit courts, which have general statutory jurisdiction of the same class, in matters of State cognizance. -- Circuit or Circuity of action (Law), a longer course of proceedings than is necessary to attain the object in view. -- To make a circuit, to go around; to go a roundabout way. -- Voltaic or Galvanic circuit or circle, a continous electrical communication between the two poles of a battery; an arrangement of voltaic elements or couples with proper conductors, by which a continuous current of electricity is established.

Circuit

Cir"cuit, v. i. To move in a circle; to go round; to circulate. [Obs.] J. Philips.

Circuit

Cir"cuit, v. t. To travel around. [Obs.] "Having circuited the air." T. Warton.

The act of moving or revolving around, or as in a circle or orbit; a revolution; as, the periodical circuit of the earth round the sun.

To move in a circle; to go round; to circulate.

To travel around.

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Usage Examples

The circuit training program along with a healthy clean diet is the way to excellent results.

I exercise about 40 minutes a day, and I'll run one day and do circuit training the next day. I live in an area where there are brilliant hills and mountains, so I get a good hill run with my dog. At home, I'll do the circuit training with old weights, along with pull-ups in the trees and that sort of stuff.

There must be a positive and negative in everything in the universe in order to complete a circuit or circle, without which there would be no activity, no motion.

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Other Usage Examples

What I am sad about is that there is now, in America, no equivalent to the art circuit.

I believe that science fiction is as profound as you want it to be or it can be very simple entertainment, and I'm all for very simple entertainment. Every now and then we all need to come home, veg-out, watch something and not think too deeply about it. It's what you want it to be. We tend to steer clear of being pedantic it's entertainment first, otherwise we'd be on a lecture circuit.

I do a dance-based cardio workout infused with circuit training, and emphasizing strength and alignment.

I was very inspired by my mother. She was a vocal teacher and sang in a band, and my first memories of her were going out with her on the local circuit.