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CIRCUIT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Movement once around a course
Example:
he drove an extra lap just for insurance
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("circuit" is a kind of...):
locomotion; travel (self-propelled movement)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "circuit"):
pace lap (the first lap of a car race that prepares the cars for a fast start)
lap of honour; victory lap (a lap by the winning person or team run to celebrate the victory)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A journey or route all the way around a particular place or area
Example:
a ten-day coach circuit of the island
Synonyms:
circuit; tour
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("circuit" is a kind of...):
journey; journeying (the act of traveling from one place to another)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "circuit"):
walkabout (a walking trip or tour)
grand tour (a sightseeing tour of a building or institution)
grand tour (an extended cultural tour of Europe taken by wealthy young Englishmen (especially in the 18th century) as part of their education)
itineration (journeying from place to place preaching or lecturing; a preaching tour or lecturing tour)
package holiday; package tour (a tour arranged by a travel agent; transportation and food and lodging are all provided at an inclusive price)
pub crawl (a tour of bars or public houses (usually taking one drink at each stop))
whistle-stop tour (a tour by a candidate as part of a political campaign in which a series of small towns are visited)
Derivation:
circuit (make a circuit)
Sense 3
Meaning:
An electrical device that provides a path for electrical current to flow
Synonyms:
circuit; electric circuit; electrical circuit
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("circuit" is a kind of...):
electrical device (a device that produces or is powered by electricity)
Meronyms (parts of "circuit"):
electron tube; thermionic tube; thermionic vacuum tube; thermionic valve; tube; vacuum tube (electronic device consisting of a system of electrodes arranged in an evacuated glass or metal envelope)
capacitance; capacitor; condenser; electrical condenser (an electrical device characterized by its capacity to store an electric charge)
choke; choke coil; choking coil (a coil of low resistance and high inductance used in electrical circuits to pass direct current and attenuate alternating current)
bypass; electrical shunt; shunt (a conductor having low resistance in parallel with another device to divert a fraction of the current)
short; short circuit (accidental contact between two points in an electric circuit that have a potential difference)
resistance; resistor (an electrical device that resists the flow of electrical current)
electrical relay; relay (electrical device such that current flowing through it in one circuit can switch on and off a current in a second circuit)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "circuit"):
data link; link (an interconnecting circuit between two or more locations for the purpose of transmitting and receiving data)
open circuit (an incomplete electrical circuit in which no current flows)
pulse timing circuit (a circuit that times pulses)
resonant circuit; resonator (an electrical circuit that combines capacitance and inductance in such a way that a periodic electric oscillation will reach maximum amplitude)
series circuit (a circuit having its parts connected serially)
squelch; squelch circuit; squelcher (an electric circuit that cuts off a receiver when the signal becomes weaker than the noise)
tank circuit (an oscillatory circuit)
T-network (a circuit formed by two equal series circuits with a shunt between them)
wiring (a circuit of wires for the distribution of electricity)
clipper; limiter ((electronics) a nonlinear electronic circuit whose output is limited in amplitude; used to limit the instantaneous amplitude of a waveform (to clip off the peaks of a waveform))
flip-flop (an electronic circuit that can assume either of two stable states)
feedback circuit; feedback loop (a circuit that feeds back some of the output to the input of a system)
delay line (a circuit designed to introduce a calculated delay into the transmission of a signal)
computer circuit (a circuit that is part of a computer)
closed circuit; loop (a complete electrical circuit around which current flows or a signal circulates)
bridged-T (a circuit consisting of a T-network with an additional shunt bridging the two series circuits)
bridge; bridge circuit (a circuit consisting of two branches (4 arms arranged in a diamond configuration) across which a meter is connected)
Holonyms ("circuit" is a part of...):
electronic equipment (equipment that involves the controlled conduction of electrons (especially in a gas or vacuum or semiconductor))
Sense 4
Meaning:
A racetrack for automobile races
Synonyms:
circuit; racing circuit
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("circuit" is a kind of...):
racecourse; racetrack; raceway; track (a course over which races are run)
Domain region:
Britain; Great Britain; U.K.; UK; United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; 'Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom)
Sense 5
Meaning:
(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
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("circuit" is a kind of...):
group; grouping (any number of entities (members) considered as a unit)
Domain category:
jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)
Sense 6
Meaning:
The boundary line encompassing an area or object
Example:
a danger to all races over the whole circumference of the globe
Synonyms:
circuit; circumference
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Hypernyms ("circuit" is a kind of...):
border; borderline; boundary line; delimitation; mete (a line that indicates a boundary)
Sense 7
Meaning:
An established itinerary of venues or events that a particular group of people travel to
Example:
the international tennis circuit
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Hypernyms ("circuit" is a kind of...):
itinerary; path; route (an established line of travel or access)
Derivation:
circuit (make a circuit)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Make a circuit
Example:
They were circuiting about the state
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Hypernyms (to "circuit" is one way to...):
go; locomote; move; travel (change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
Derivation:
circuit (a journey or route all the way around a particular place or area)
circuit (an established itinerary of venues or events that a particular group of people travel to)
Context examples:
That reduces histone methylation by G9A, leading to changes in gene expression in the brain's reward circuits.
(What Causes Cocaine Addiction, NIH, US)
Testing the device's over-current protection circuitry for its response to situations of overload, short circuit, or ground fault.
(Device Overcurrent Protection Testing Evaluation Method, Food and Drug Administration)
A communication or electronic circuit designed to delay the transmission of a signal by a set amount.
(Delay Line Device Component, NCI Thesaurus)
The physical components from which a computer is constructed (electronic circuits and input/output devices).
(Computer Hardware, NCI Thesaurus)
A disorder characterized by a long standing and persistent uncoordinated atrial myocardium activation due to multiple reentry circuits with consequent deterioration of atrial mechanical function.
(Chronic Atrial Fibrillation, NCI Thesaurus)
A device designed to open an electrical circuit when it becomes overloaded.
(Circuit Breaker Device Component, NCI Thesaurus)
Any of the sets of conductors (wires, PCB tracks or connections in an integrated circuit) connecting the various functional units in a computer.
(Bus, NCI Thesaurus)
An electrocardiographic finding of ventricular tachycardia incorporating both bundle branches into the reentry circuit.
(Bundle Branch Re-Entrant Ventricular Tachycardia by ECG Finding, NCI Thesaurus)
A disorder characterized by a dysrhythmia without discernible P waves and an irregular ventricular response due to multiple reentry circuits.
(Atrial Fibrillation, NCI Thesaurus/CTCAE)
A device with an electrical circuit that does not conduct current because a switch is open, a wire is broken, etc.
(Device Open Circuit Evaluation Result, Food and Drug Administration)
