Circuit

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1. Noun

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.

2. Noun

The circumference of, or distance round, any space; the measure of a line round an area.

3. Noun

That which encircles anything, as a ring or crown.

4. Noun

The space inclosed within a circle, or within limits.

5. Noun

A regular or appointed journeying from place to place in the exercise of one's calling, as of a judge, or a preacher.

6. Noun

A certain division of a state or country, established by law for a judge or judges to visit, for the administration of justice.

7. Noun

A district in which an itinerant preacher labors.

8. Noun

Circumlocution.

9. Verb

To move in a circle; to go round; to circulate.

10. Verb

To travel around.

11. Noun

A closed path through which an electric current flows

12. Noun

(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
Vocabulary classified under Law

13. Noun

an electrical device that provides a path for electrical current to flow
Vocabulary classified under Physics
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