Look up: Circuit

1. circuit
   1. (communications) A communications path in a circuit switching network. 2. (electronics) A complete path through which an electric current can flow. The term is used loosely for any device or subsystem using electrical or electronic components. E.g. 'That lightning bolt fried the circuits in my G...
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2. Circuit
   1) A complete path from the electrical supply to the lamp. When such a path includes a dimmer, it should be called a channel, but the word 'circuit' is often used loosely to include channel. (UK) 2) A series of theatres regularly visited by touring companies. (UK)
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3. circuit
   [n] - an established itinerary of venues or events that a particular group of people travel to 2. [n] - (law) a judicial division of a state or the United States (so-called because originally judges traveled and held court in different locations) 3. [n] - an electrical device that pro...
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4. Circuit
   1) One complete path of electric current.
   2) Similar to definition 1, but including all paths and components to accomplish one function in a device.
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5. circuit
   Any combination of wiring and components that provides a path for the flow of electricity.
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6. Circuit
   When electrical components (eg transistors, resistors, capacitors etc, are connected in a way that utilizes the central electrical / electronic concepts of current (see below), voltage, and resistance to perform some task, this is a circuit.
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7. Circuit
   The electrical system in your home is separated into individual units referred to as circuits. If your house is laid out in a certain way, each circuit may be designed for a room, and area of the home or a single appliance.
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8. Circuit
   a group of three to six counties surveyed by one set of COMMISSIONERS in the DOMESDAY INQUEST.
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9. Circuit
   Interconnection of components to provide an electrical path between two or more components.
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10. circuit
    In law, the geographic district that constitutes a particular area of jurisdiction. In the USA the Court of Appeals sits in ten judicial areas or circuits - hence circuit courts - and...
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11. Circuit
    a path through which an electrical current can flow when the path is complete.
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12. circuit
    An electrical circuit consists of an energy source connected by conductors to electrical components.
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13. Circuit
    A conducting path around which electrons may flow. Electrical circuits can be complex, but at the simplest level, you always have the source of electricity (a battery, etc.), a load such as a light bulb or motor, (an animal touching your electric fence), and two wires to carry electricity between t...
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14. circuit
    a group of conductors forming a complete three phase electrical connection Category: Electrical engineering and energy • a region of electrical action where such action takes place essentially along a path and can be uniquely specified in terms of time and a single dimension Category: Electrical engineering and energy
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15. Circuit
    A network of wiring that typically commences at a panel box, feeds electricity to outlets and ultimately returns to the panel box.
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16. Circuit
    A complete path through which an electric current flows.
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17. Circuit
    Cir'cuit noun [ French circuit , from Latin circuitus , from 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 revo...
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18. Circuit
    Cir'cuit intransitive verb To move in a circle; to go round; to circulate. [ Obsolete] J. Philips.
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19. Circuit
    Cir'cuit transitive verb To travel around. [ Obsolete] 'Having circuited the air.' T. Warton.
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20. circuit
    The path or course of flow of cases or electric or other currents. ... Origin: L. Circuitus, a going round, fr. Circum, around, + eo, pp. Itus, to go ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
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21. circuit
    electrical circuit noun an electrical device that provides a path for electrical current to flow
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22. circuit
    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 ...
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23. circuit
    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`
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24. circuit
    verb make a circuit; `They were circuiting about the state`
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25. circuit
    (sur´kәt) the round or course traversed by an electrical current. The circuit is said to be closed when it is continuous, so that the current may pass through it; it is open, broken, or interrupted when it is not continuous and the current cannot pass through it. reentrant circuit ,...
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