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Meaning of circuit

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  circuit
      n 1: an electrical device that provides a path for electrical
           current to flow [syn: {circuit}, {electrical circuit},
           {electric circuit}]
      2: a journey or route all the way around a particular place or
         area; "they took an extended tour of Europe"; "we took a
         quick circuit of the park"; "a ten-day coach circuit of the
         island" [syn: {tour}, {circuit}]
      3: an established itinerary of venues or events that a
         particular group of people travel to; "she's a familiar name
         on the club circuit"; "on the lecture circuit"; "the judge
         makes a circuit of the courts in his district"; "the
         international tennis circuit"
      4: the boundary line encompassing an area or object; "he had
         walked the full circumference of his land"; "a danger to all
         races over the whole circumference of the globe" [syn:
         {circumference}, {circuit}]
      5: (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
      6: a racetrack for automobile races [syn: {racing circuit},
         {circuit}]
      7: movement once around a course; "he drove an extra lap just
         for insurance" [syn: {lap}, {circle}, {circuit}]
      v 1: make a circuit; "They were circuiting about the state"

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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