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6 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Circuit \Cir"cuit\, n. [F. circuit, fr L. circuitus, fr circuire or circumire to go around circum around + ire to go.] 1. 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. --Watts. 2. The circumference of or distance round, any space; the measure of a line round an area. The circuit or compass of Ireland is 1,800 miles. --J. Stow. 3. That which encircles anything as a ring or crown. The golden circuit on my head. --Shak. 4. The space inclosed within a circle, or within limits. A circuit wide inclosed with goodliest trees. --Milton. 5. A regular or appointed journeying from place to place in the exercise of one's calling, as of a judge, or a preacher. 6. a (Law) A certain division of a state or country, established by law for a judge or judges to visit, for the administration of justice. --Bouvier. b (Methodist Church) A district in which an itinerant preacher labors. 7. Circumlocution. [Obs.] ``Thou hast used no circuit of words.'' --Huloet. {Circuit court} (Law), a court which sits successively in different places in its circuit (see {Circuit}, 6). In the United States, the federal circuit courts are commonly presided over by a judge of the supreme court, or a special circuit judge, together with the judge of the district court. They have jurisdiction within statutory limits, both in law and equity, in matters of federal cognizance. Some of the individual States also have circuit courts, which have general statutory jurisdiction of the same class, in matters of State cognizance. {Circuit or Circuity} {of action} (Law), a longer course of proceedings than is necessary to attain the object in view. {To make a circuit}, to go around to go a roundabout way {Voltaic or Galvanic} {circuit or circle}, a continous electrical communication between the two poles of a battery; an arrangement of voltaic elements or couples with proper conductors, by which a continuous current of electricity is established. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Circuit \Cir"cuit\, v. i. To move in a circle; to go round; to circulate. [Obs.] --J. Philips. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Circuit \Cir"cuit\, v. t. To travel around [Obs.] ``Having circuited the air.'' --T. Warton. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: circuit n 1: a path for electrical current to flow [syn: {electrical circuit}, {electric circuit}] 2: an extended journey [syn: {tour}] 3: anything with a round or oval shape that is closed or nearly closed [syn: {loop}] 4: a regular route for a sentry or policeman; "in the old days a policeman walked a beat and knew all his people by name" [syn: {beat}, {round}] 5: (law) one of the twelve groups of states in the U.S. that is covered by a particular circuit court of appeals 6: (British) a racetrack for automobile races [syn: {racing circuit}] 7: movement once around a course; "he drove an extra lap just for insurance" [syn: {lap}, {circle}] v : make a circuit: "They were circuiting about the state" From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]: circuit 1.A communications path in a {circuit switching} network. 2. A complete path through which an electric current can flow. (1999-03-17) From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: Circuit the apparent diurnal revolution of the sun round the earth (Ps. 19:6), and the changes of the wind (Eccl. 1:6). In Job 22:14, "in the circuit of heaven" (R.V. marg., "on the vault of heaven") means the "arch of heaven," which seems to be bent over our heads.
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