circuit

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A complete path that an electric current flows around.

   If any part of the circuit breaks, the light goes out.

2. 2
   noun

   A series of events, competitions, or places that people regularly travel to.

   She is a familiar name on the tennis circuit.

3. 3
   noun

   A journey or trip all the way around something.

   The moon makes one circuit of the earth each month.

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

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