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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...
    Found op http://foldoc.org/circuit

  2. Circuit
    [film] Circuit is a 2001 gay-themed independent film set in the world of gay circuit parties. Written by Dirk Shafer and Gregory Hinton and directed by Shafer, Circuit follows the lives of several people involved in the circuit party scene. Shot on digital video over a period of six months, ...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circuit_(film)

  3. 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)
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/visitor-contributions.php

  4. 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...
    Found op http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definition.php?query=circuit

  5. 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.
    Found op http://www.testing1212.co.uk/a.htm

  6. circuit
    Any combination of wiring and components that provides a path for the flow of electricity.
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20581

  7. 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.
    Found op http://www.traditionalmusic.co.uk/music%20tech%20glossary/Music%20Tech%20Gl

  8. 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.
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/visitor-contributions.php

  9. Circuit
    a group of three to six counties surveyed by one set of COMMISSIONERS in the DOMESDAY INQUEST.
    Found op http://www.msgb.co.uk/glossary.html

  10. Circuit
    Interconnection of components to provide an electrical path between two or more components.
    Found op http://www.diracdelta.co.uk/science/source/c/i/circuit/source.html

  11. 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...
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20688

  12. Circuit
    a path through which an electrical current can flow when the path is complete.
    Found op http://www.chemicalglossary.net/definition/296-Circuit



  1. circuit
    An electrical circuit consists of an energy source connected by conductors to electrical components.
    Found op http://www.gcse.com/glos.htm

  2. 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...
    Found op http://www.electricfence-online.co.uk/ishop/1047/shopscr21.html

  3. Circuit
    A network of wiring that typically commences at a panel box, feeds electricity to outlets and ultimately returns to the panel box.
    Found op http://www.rookinspections.com/glossary/glossaryc.shtml

  4. Circuit
    A complete path through which an electric current flows.
    Found op http://www.victoriaplumb.com/bathroom_DIY/a-to-z-bathroom-glossary.html

  5. 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...
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/C/80

  6. Circuit
    Cir'cuit intransitive verb To move in a circle; to go round; to circulate. [ Obsolete] J. Philips.
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/C/80

  7. Circuit
    Cir'cuit transitive verb To travel around. [ Obsolete] 'Having circuited the air.' T. Warton.
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/C/80

  8. 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) ...
    Found op http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictionary?circuit

  9. circuit
    electrical circuit noun an electrical device that provides a path for electrical current to flow
    Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=circuit

  10. 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 ...
    Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=circuit

  11. 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 ...
    Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=circuit

  12. circuit
    verb make a circuit; `They were circuiting about the state`
    Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=circuit

  13. 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 ,...
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/21001

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