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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