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Noun: circuit  sur-kit
  1. An electrical device that provides a path for electrical current to flow
    - electrical circuit, electric circuit
     
  2. A journey or route all the way around a particular place or area
    "we took a quick circuit of the park"; "a ten-day coach circuit of the island";
    - tour
     
  3. 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"
     
  4. The boundary line encompassing an area or object
    "he had walked the full circuit of his land";
    - circumference
     
  5. (law) a judicial division of a state or the United States (so-called because originally judges travelled 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
     
  6. [Brit] A racetrack for automobile races
    - racing circuit [Brit]
     
  7. Movement once around a course
    - lap, circle
Verb: circuit  sur-kit
  1. Make a circuit
    "They were circuiting about the state"

Derived forms: circuiting, circuited, circuits

Type of: border, borderline, boundary line, delimitation, electrical device, go, group, grouping, itinerary, journey, journeying, locomote, locomotion, mete, move, path, racecourse, racetrack, raceway, route, track, travel

Part of: electronic equipment

Encyclopedia: Circuit, Electric