1. An electrical device that provides a path for electrical current to flow
   "The electrician checked the electrical circuit for any faults"; "The students learned to design simple electric circuits in their physics class";
   - 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
   "the judge makes a circuit of the courts in his district"; "the international tennis circuit"; "she's a familiar name on the club circuit"; "on the lecture 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
   "The case was appealed to the Ninth Circuit Court"
    
6. [Brit] A racetrack for automobile races
   "The new racing circuit attracted top drivers from around the world";
   - racing circuit [Brit]
    
7. Movement once around a course
   "The runners completed their final circuit of the track";
   - lap, circle

1. Make a circuit
   "They were circuiting about the state"

Derived forms: circuits, circuited, circuiting

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