circuit

Meanings

1. 1
   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 is covered by a particular circuit court of appeals

2. 2
   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

3. 3
   verb

   to make a circuit

   They were circuiting about the state

4. 4
   noun

   The act of moving or revolving around, or as in a circle or orbit; a revolution

   After 27 days the moon has made one circuit among the stars, moving from west to east. But in those 27 days the sun has likewise moved eastwardly, about 27 degrees. The moon, then, has to make one circuit and a little more in order to be again in the line joining the earth and sun, in order to be again 'new.'

5. 5
   noun

   The circumference of, or distance around, any space; the measure of a line around an area.

   Circuit of the wall from the east to the West

6. 6
   noun

   That which encircles anything, as a ring or crown.

   And this fell tempest shall not cease to rage Until the golden circuit on my head, Like to the glorious sun's transparent beams, Do calm the fury of this mad-bred flaw.

7. 7
   noun

   The space enclosed within a circle, or within limits.

   "Fondling," she saith, "since I have hemm'd thee here Within the circuit of this ivory pale, I'll be a park, and thou shalt be my deer: Feed where thou wilt, on mountain, or in dale; Graze on my lips; and if those hills be dry, Stray lower, where the pleasant fountains lie."

8. 8
   noun

   Enclosed path of an electric current, usually designed for a certain function.

   The parts within these series and parallel sub-circuits may be arranged in different ways without changing what the circuit does. Large circuits are made of combinations of smaller series and parallel circuits.

Etymology

From Middle English circuit, from Old French circuit, from Latin circuitus (“a going round”), from circuire (“go round”), from circum (“around”) + ire.