Meaning

18 senses
  1. The act of moving or revolving around, or as in a circle or orbit; a revolution

    Umlauf

    кругооборо́тkrugooborót, циклcikl, враще́ниеvraščénije

    кругоо́бігkruhoóbih, циклcykl, оберта́нняobertánnja

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

    окру́жностьokrúžnostʹ, пери́метрperímetr

    окру́жністьokrúžnistʹ, пери́метрperýmetr

    the boundary line encompassing an area or object

  3. That which encircles anything, as a ring or crown.

  4. The space enclosed within a circle, or within limits.

    кругkrug

    кругkruh

  5. Enclosed path of an electric current, usually designed for a certain function.

    Schaltkreis

    цепьcepʹ

    ланцю́гlancjúh

    an electrical device that provides a path for electrical current to flow

  6. A regular or appointed trip from place to place as part of one's job

    объе́здobʺjézd, обхо́дobxód

    обхідobxid

  7. The jurisdiction of certain judges within a state or country, whether itinerant or not.

    Bezirk

  8. The basic grouping of local Methodist churches.

  9. A set of theaters among which the same acts circulate; especially common in the heyday of vaudeville.

  10. A track on which a race is held; a racetrack

  11. A thought that unconsciously goes round and round in a person's mind and controls that person.

  12. A closed trail.

    Zyklus

Examples

52 sentences
  1. Tom fixed the circuit breaker.

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  2. The protection circuit is built into the system.

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  3. This system has a built-in protection circuit.

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  4. A protection system has been built into this circuit.

    deIn diesem System ist eine Schutzschaltung eingebaut.

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  5. The problem is that that circuit is in series.

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Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 5
act of moving around:
circumference of any space:
space enclosed within a circle:
enclosed path of electric current:
regular or appointed journeying:
Русский
By meaning 5
act of moving around:
circumference of any space:
space enclosed within a circle:
enclosed path of electric current:
regular or appointed journeying:
Deutsch
By meaning 4
act of moving around:
enclosed path of electric current:
legal: division of a state or country:
graph theory: closed trail:

Origin

From Middle English circuit, from Old French circuit, from Latin circuitus (“a going round

From Middle English circuit, from Old French circuit, from Latin circuitus (“a going round”), from circuire (“go round”), from circum (“around”) + ire.

A calque of Chinese 道 (dào) or 路 (lù).

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Forms

plural: circuits
Singularcircuit
Pluralcircuits

regular

Synonyms

12 synonyms
path or distance around a space:periplus
Close in meaning

Word family

58 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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