Circuit Definition
sûrkĭt
circuits
noun
circuits
A closed, usually circular line that goes around an object or area.
American Heritage
The line or the length of the line forming the boundaries of an area.
Webster's New World
The area bounded.
Webster's New World
A path or route the complete traversal of which without local change of direction requires returning to the starting point.
American Heritage
The act of going around something; course or journey around.
The moon's circuit of the earth.
Webster's New World
verb
circuits
To make a circuit or circuit of.
American Heritage
To go in a circuit.
Webster's New World
To make a circuit about.
Webster's New World
(intransitive, obsolete) To move in a circle; to go round; to circulate.
Wiktionary
(obsolete) To travel around.
Having circuited the air.
Wiktionary
Synonyms:
- move around
- make a circuit
- encircle
- detour
Other Word Forms of Circuit
Noun
Singular:
circuit
Plural:
circuitsOrigin of Circuit
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Middle English circumference from Old French from Latin circuitus a going around from past participle of circumīre to go around circum- circum- īre to go ei- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From Middle English circuit, from Old French circuit, from Latin circuitus (“a going round”), from circuire (“go round”), from circum (“around”) + ire
From Wiktionary
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