Definition of circuit

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Circuit (n.) That which encircles anything, as a ring or crown..

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Electrotonic :: Electrotonic (a.) Of or pertaining to electrical tension; -- said of a supposed peculiar condition of a conducting circuit during its exposure to the action of another conducting circuit traversed by a uniform electric current when both circuits remain stationary.
Eyre :: Eyre (n.) A journey in circuit of certain judges called justices in eyre (or in itinere).
Run :: Run (n.) In baseball, a complete circuit of the bases made by a player, which enables him to score one; in cricket, a passing from one wicket to the other, by which one point is scored; as, a player made three runs; the side went out with two hundred runs..
Telethermometer :: Telethermometer (n.) An apparatus for determining the temperature of a distant point, as by a thermoelectric circuit or otherwise..
Short-circuit :: Short-circuit (v. t.) To join, as the electrodes of a battery or dynamo or any two points of a circuit, by a conductor of low resistance..
Circumferential :: Circumferential (a.) Pertaining to the circumference; encompassing; encircling; circuitous.
Lap :: Lap (n.) One circuit around a race track, esp. when the distance is a small fraction of a mile; as, to run twenty laps; to win by three laps. See Lap, to fold, 2..
Wheel :: Wheel (v. i.) To go round in a circuit; to fetch a compass.
Electro-thermancy :: Electro-thermancy (n.) That branch of electrical science which treats of the effect of an electric current upon the temperature of a conductor, or a part of a circuit composed of two different metals..
Base :: Base (n.) Any one of the four bounds which mark the circuit of the infield.
Round :: Round (adv.) By or in a circuit; by a course longer than the direct course; back to the starting point.
Electricity :: Electricity (n.) A power in nature, a manifestation of energy, exhibiting itself when in disturbed equilibrium or in activity by a circuit movement, the fact of direction in which involves polarity, or opposition of properties in opposite directions; also, by attraction for many substances, by a law involving attraction between surfaces of unlike polarity, and repulsion between those of like; by exhibiting accumulated polar tension when the circuit is broken; and by producing heat, light, concus
Circumflex :: Circumflex (a.) Moving or turning round; circuitous.
Parish :: Parish (n.) That circuit of ground committed to the charge of one parson or vicar, or other minister having cure of souls therein..
Diocese :: Diocese (n.) The circuit or extent of a bishop's jurisdiction; the district in which a bishop exercises his ecclesiastical authority.
Torpedo :: Torpedo (n.) A quantity of explosives anchored in a channel, beneath the water, or set adrift in a current, and so arranged that they will be exploded when touched by a vessel, or when an electric circuit is closed by an operator on shore..
Cut-out :: Cut-out (n.) A device for breaking or separating a portion of circuit.
Circuit :: Circuit (n.) 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..
Roundabout :: Roundabout (a.) Circuitous; going round; indirect; as, roundabout speech..
Short-circuiting :: Short-circuiting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Short-circui.
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