circuitry

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A specific system of electrical circuits in a particular device; (uncountable) the design of such a system.

   Telemetering transmitter removed from its pressurized container. The circuitry for each of the 23 channels can be quickly unplugged for servicing.

2. 2
   noun

   Electrical (or, by extension, other) circuits considered as a group.

   In the microelectronics area, research and development efforts will concentrate on thin film circuitry, packaging and solid state electronics (work with transistors and the like). [...] The savings in weight over old-fashioned circuitry are important when the cost of items in orbit is figured at $1,000 per pound.

3. 3
   noun

   The brain's neural network.

   Since [Santiago Ramón y] Cajal's neural circuitry did not include inhibitory cells, he believed that short-axoned cells were important in maintaining a continuous and persistent activity in neural centers.

4. 4
   noun

   electronic equipment consisting of a system of circuits

Etymology

From circuit + -ry.