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noun
The act of moving or revolving around, or as in a circle or orbit; a revolution
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The circumference of, or distance around, any space; the measure of a line around an area.
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noun
That which encircles anything, as a ring or crown.
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The space enclosed within a circle, or within limits.
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noun
Enclosed path of an electric current, usually designed for a certain function.
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Topics: business, electrical-engineering, electricity, electromagnetism, energy, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
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noun
A regular or appointed trip from place to place as part of one's job
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The jurisdiction of certain judges within a state or country, whether itinerant or not.
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Topics: law
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noun
Abbreviation of circuit court.
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Usage: abbreviation, alt-of
Topics: law
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noun
The basic grouping of local Methodist churches.
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Qualifier: Methodism
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noun
A set of theaters among which the same acts circulate; especially common in the heyday of vaudeville.
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Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, theater
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noun
A track on which a race is held; a racetrack
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Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, motor-racing, racing, sports
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noun
circumlocution
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Usage: obsolete
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A thought that unconsciously goes round and round in a person's mind and controls that person.
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Topics: Scientology, lifestyle, religion
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A closed trail.
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Topics: graph-theory, mathematics, sciences
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A chain of cinemas/movie theaters.
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A single completion of all of the exercises in a circuit training regime.
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Various administrative divisions of imperial and early Republican China, including:
The counties at the fringes of the empire, usually with a non-Chinese population, from the Han to the Western Jin.
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Various administrative divisions of imperial and early Republican China, including:
The 10 or so major provinces of the empire from the Tang to the early Yuan.
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Usage: historical
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Various administrative divisions of imperial and early Republican China, including:
Major provincial divisions from the Yuan to early Republican China.
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Usage: historical
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verb
To move in a circle; to go round; to circulate.
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Usage: intransitive, obsolete
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verb
To travel around.
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Usage: obsolete, transitive
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noun
movement once around a course
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: lap, circle
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Broader terms: locomotion, travel
Narrower terms: pace lap, victory lap, lap of honour
noun
a journey or route all the way around a particular place or area
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: tour
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Broader terms: journey, journeying
Narrower terms: walkabout, grand tour, itineration, package tour, package holiday, pub crawl, whistle-stop tour
noun
an electrical device that provides a path for electrical current to flow
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Synonyms: electrical circuit, electric circuit
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Broader terms: electrical device
Narrower terms: bridge, bridge circuit, bridged-T, closed circuit, loop, computer circuit, delay line, feedback circuit, feedback loop, flip-flop, limiter, clipper, link, data link, open circuit, pulse timing circuit, resonator, resonant circuit, series circuit, squelch circuit, squelch, squelcher, tank circuit, T-network, wiring
noun
a racetrack for automobile races
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Synonyms: racing circuit
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Broader terms: racetrack, racecourse, raceway, track
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
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Broader terms: group, grouping
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the boundary line encompassing an area or object
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Synonyms: circumference
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Broader terms: boundary line, border, borderline, delimitation, mete
noun
an established itinerary of venues or events that a particular group of people travel to
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Broader terms: path, route, itinerary
verb
make a circuit
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Broader terms: travel, go, move, locomote
History
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).
Across languages
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