circuit : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: circuit	by the DICT Development Group
6 results for circuit
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
circuit n an electrical device that provides a path for electrical current to flow Synonym(s): circuit, electrical circuit, electric circuit 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" Synonym(s): tour, circuit 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" 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" Synonym(s): circumference, circuit (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 a racetrack for automobile races Synonym(s): racing circuit, circuit movement once around a course; "he drove an extra lap just for insurance" Synonym(s): lap, circle, circuit v make a circuit; "They were circuiting about the state"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Circuit \Cir"cuit\, n. [F. circuit, fr. L. circuitus, fr. circuire or circumire to go around; circum around + ire to go.] 1. The act of moving or revolving around, or as in a circle or orbit; a revolution; as, the periodical circuit of the earth round the sun. --Watts. 2. The circumference of, or distance round, any space; the measure of a line round an area. The circuit or compass of Ireland is 1,800 miles. --J. Stow. 3. That which encircles anything, as a ring or crown. The golden circuit on my head. --Shak. 4. The space inclosed within a circle, or within limits. A circuit wide inclosed with goodliest trees. --Milton. 5. A regular or appointed journeying from place to place in the exercise of one's calling, as of a judge, or a preacher. 6. (a) (Law) A certain division of a state or country, established by law for a judge or judges to visit, for the administration of justice. --Bouvier. (b) (Methodist Church) A district in which an itinerant preacher labors. 7. Circumlocution. [Obs.] [bd]Thou hast used no circuit of words.[b8] --Huloet. {Circuit court} (Law), a court which sits successively in different places in its circuit (see {Circuit}, 6). In the United States, the federal circuit courts are commonly presided over by a judge of the supreme court, or a special circuit judge, together with the judge of the district court. They have jurisdiction within statutory limits, both in law and equity, in matters of federal cognizance. Some of the individual States also have circuit courts, which have general statutory jurisdiction of the same class, in matters of State cognizance. {Circuit or Circuity} {of action} (Law), a longer course of proceedings than is necessary to attain the object in view. {To make a circuit}, to go around; to go a roundabout way. {Voltaic [or] Galvanic} {circuit [or] circle}, a continous electrical communication between the two poles of a battery; an arrangement of voltaic elements or couples with proper conductors, by which a continuous current of electricity is established.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Circuit \Cir"cuit\, v. i. To move in a circle; to go round; to circulate. [Obs.] --J. Philips.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Circuit \Cir"cuit\, v. t. To travel around. [Obs.] [bd]Having circuited the air.[b8] --T. Warton.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
circuit 1. A communications path in a {circuit switching} network. 2. A complete path through which an electric current can flow. The term is used loosely for any device or subsystem using electrical or electronic components. E.g. "That lightning bolt fried the circuits in my GPS receiver". An {integrated circuit} (IC) contains components built on a Silicon {die}. (2002-07-15)
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Circuit the apparent diurnal revolution of the sun round the earth (Ps. 19:6), and the changes of the wind (Eccl. 1:6). In Job 22:14, "in the circuit of heaven" (R.V. marg., "on the vault of heaven") means the "arch of heaven," which seems to be bent over our heads.