Meaning of circuit In English

• 0 a regular pattern of visits or the places visited:

  • They first met each other on the tennis circuit (= while at different tennis competitions).

  • He was a familiar figure on the lecture circuit.

  • The judge had served for many years on the northeastern Circuit.

  • a circuit judge

• 1 something shaped approximately like a circle, especially a route, path, or sports track that starts and ends in the same place:

  • They test the car tyres on a motor racing circuit.

  • We made a leisurely circuit of the city walls.

• 2 a closed system of wires or pipes through which electricity or liquid can flow:

  • A defect was found in the water-cooling/electrical circuit.

• 3 to travel around something in a route shaped approximately like a circle:

  • He was early so he circuited the block a couple of times.

  • The aircraft appeared again, circuiting over the jungle.

• 4 a closed system esp. of wires through which electricity can flow:

  • Big electronic circuits can carry huge amounts of data.

  • Holiday phone calls always overload the circuits.

• 5 something shaped like a circle, esp. a route, path, or sports track that starts and ends in the same place:

  • She has ridden on tough racing circuits such as the New York and Florida tracks.

  • Fish swam continuously, making the endless circuit of the tank.

• 6 a regular series of events that happen in different places:

  • She has won a number of tournaments on this year’s tennis circuit.

• 7 an area under the authority of a particular court

• 8 a path for an electric current to flow through:

  • The most advanced chip technology, which uses circuits 65 nanometers apart, loses almost half of its power to leakage.

  • an electrical/electronic circuit

• 9 a series of events or places that are regularly visited by a particular group of people:

  • a lecture/conference/speaking circuit For the past two years he has been on the international lecture circuit, often speaking on business ethics.