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circuit

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an electrical device that provides a path for electrical current to flow(noun.artifact)

Synonym:
electric circuit, electrical circuit

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)

Synonym:
racing circuit

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

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