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circuit
('s/[@]/rk/I/t )

noun (n)

  • an electrical device that provides a path for electrical current to flow(noun.artifact)
    source: wordnet30
  • a journey or route all the way around a particular place or area(noun.act)
    Example:
    We took a quick circuit of the park.
    A ten-day coach circuit of the island.
    Synonym:
    tour
    source: wordnet30
  • an established itinerary of venues or events that a particular group of people travel to(noun.location)
    Example:
    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.
    source: wordnet30
  • the boundary line encompassing an area or object(noun.location)
    Synonym:
    circumference
    source: wordnet30
  • (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(noun.group)
    source: wordnet30
  • a racetrack for automobile races(noun.artifact)
    source: wordnet30
  • movement once around a course(noun.act)
    Synonym:
    circle, lap
    source: wordnet30
  • 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)
    source: webster1913

verb (v)

  • make a circuit(verb.motion)
    Example:
    They were circuiting about the state.
    source: wordnet30
  • To move in a circle; to go round; to circulate.(verb)
    source: webster1913
  • To travel around.(verb)
    source: webster1913
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