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| cir·cuit [ súrkit ] |
noun (plural cir·cuits) |
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1. circular path: a route or path that follows a curved course and finishes at the point at which it began
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2. area bounded by circular path: an area that lies inside a circular route or path
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3. single trip around circular path: a single complete trip around a circular route or path
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4. regular trip: a trip that somebody such as a salesperson or circuit court judge regularly makes around an area
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5. law stops during trip: the places visited by somebody on a regular circuit, especially those where a circuit court judge sits periodically
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6. round of events: a series of events or places regularly attended or visited by the same group of people
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7. ongoing series of competitions: an ongoing series of competitions or tournaments in which the same group of players regularly participate
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8. electricity route for electricity: a route around which an electrical current can flow, beginning and ending at the same point
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9. sports set of exercises: a complete round of exercises in circuit training
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10. performing arts chain of arts locations: a group of theaters, movie theaters, or clubs under the same management or showing the same performances or movies in rotation
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11. christianity local group of Methodist churches: a group of Methodist churches that form a local division of the Church's national administration
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transitive and intransitive verb (past and past participle cir·cuit·ed, present participle cir·cuit·ing, 3rd person present singular cir·cuits) |
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move around along circular path: to follow a circuit around something
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formal
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| [14th century. Via French< Latin circuitus< circuire "go around" < ire "go"] |
