circuit

Meaning of circuit

noun
  1. a roughly circular line, route, or movement that starts and finishes at the same place.
    I ran a circuit of the village
  2. an established itinerary of events or venues used for a particular activity, typically involving sport or public performance.
    the alternative cabaret circuit
  3. a complete and closed path around which a circulating electric current can flow.
    the maximum number of light fittings on a circuit is twelve
verb
  1. move all the way around (a place or thing).
    the trains will follow the Northern line, circuiting the capital

late Middle English: via Old French from Latin circuitus, from circuire, variant of circumire ‘go round’, from circum ‘around’ + ire ‘go’.

Information about circuit

Hyphenation of circuit

cir-cuit

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
  • circuit is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

circuit synonyms

Meaning tour:

tour

Meaning lap:

lap, circle

Meaning an act of moving something in a circular direction round an axis or point:

turn

Meaning a regular tour of inspection in which the well-being of those visited is checked:

round

Meaning the curved path of a celestial object or spacecraft round a star, planet, or moon, especially a periodic elliptical revolution:

orbit

Meaning an instance of revolving:

revolution

Meaning a shape produced by a curve that bends round and crosses itself:

loop

Meaning an area allocated to a police officer and patrolled on foot:

beat

Translation of circuit

Words that rhyme with circuit

cuit, vacuit, microcircuit, multicircuit, noncircuit, opencircuit, subcircuit, Seabiscuit, biscuit

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