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cir·cuit
/ ˈsərkət/
(abbr.: cir. or circ.)
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n.
1.
a roughly circular line, route, or movement that starts and finishes at the same place.
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a complete and closed path around which a circulating electric current can flow.
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a system of electrical conductors and components forming such a path.
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an established itinerary of events or venues used for a particular activity, typically involving public performance:
the alternative cabaret circuit.
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a series of sporting events in which the same players regularly take part:
his first season on the professional circuit.
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a series of athletic exercises performed consecutively in one training session:
[as adj.]
circuit training.
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a regular journey made by a judge around a particular district to hear cases in court:
[as adj.]
a circuit judge.
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a district of this type.
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a judicial region formerly administered by traveling judges.
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a group of local Methodist churches forming an administrative unit.
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a chain of theaters or nightclubs under a single management.
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v. [tr.]
move all the way around (a place or thing).
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Circuit City to Sponsor Bowl Championship Series Trophy.
PR Newswire; 12/6/2002; 700+ words
; ...Football Make a Great Team! Circuit City Stores, Inc. today announced...sponsor of the Bowl Championship Series (BCS) national championship...chief executive officer of Circuit City Stores, Inc., will present the first official "Circuit City Trophy" to the winning...
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Flexible circuit design-concept to connection Part 3.
Magazine article from: CircuiTree; 7/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...parts of this three-part series, the steps for creating a...and cost-effective flex circuit design were covered. This...manufacturer and procuring flexible circuits that will meet your expectations...include a flat view of the flex circuit with at least a few reference...over-dimensioning their ...
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Advanced Circuits Announces Underwriters Laboratories Certification; Leading Manufacturer Receives Certification to Further Ensure Quality and Meet Canadian Standards.
Business Wire; 9/12/2005; 700+ words
; ...only quick-turn printed circuit board manufacturer with industry...training manager of Advanced Circuits. "This certification allows us to guarantee that our circuit boards not only meet Canadian...environments." Advanced Circuits submitted samples of high...testing and certification. A ...
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Circuit City Grabs D&M Brands.(Circuit City deal with D&M Holdings)
Magazine article from: TWICE; 7/17/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...NPD Group statistics. Circuit will get Denon's derivative...based on the derivative-series components. The derivative...sell products through Circuit's rival Best Buy and...sells its derivative-series HTiBs through Best Buy and its installation-series components through Magnolia...
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Circuit testability is critical for product success. (include related article on dual-function circuits.) (Design Feature) (technical)
Magazine article from: EDN; 9/15/1988; ; 700+ words
; ...clusters, significantly improves circuit testability. Smaller functional...directly access critical internal circuit nodes to an automatic-test...partition and directly initialize circuits, which reduces the time...cases, the extra gates are in series with the functional circuitry, and they could ...
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Series circuits: or, why we don't need all that math from electricity class.(Hydronic Controls)(Column)
Magazine article from: Plumbing & Mechanical; 2/1/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...names for circuit wiring configurations. The two that we commonly use in control circuits are "series" and "parallel" Let's look at the series circuit. Series means a group of things strung together in a row. For example, the World Series...
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An equivalent circuit and modeling method for defected ground structure and its application to the design of microwave circuits.(Technical Feature)
Magazine article from: Microwave Journal; 11/1/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...circuit. Using the proposed equivalent circuit permits the optimization of the DGS circuits. Simulation and measurements on a...design methods for various microwave circuits have employed not its equivalent circuit but EM-simulated S-parameters...for the design of various microwave ...
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Basics of tuned circuits.(Plant electronics)(tuned circuit theory and operation)(usage of reactance)(RCL circuits )(Tank circuits )(Series LC circuits)
Magazine article from: Plant Engineering; 2/1/2005; ; 700+ words
; The tuned circuit is a fundamental building block among electrical and analog electronic circuits. Understanding how it functions provides...provides a brief tutorial on tuned circuit theory and operation. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] RCL circuits Recent articles in PLANT ENGINEERING...opposition is called ...
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All Grown Up, Circuit City Spinoff CarMax Now Stands on Its Own.
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News; 10/1/2002; 700+ words
; ...helped boost earnings for the Circuit City Group. Circuit City was the ideal venture capitalist...developing your business," he said. Circuit City still will provide some...Ligon said. "This is a series of one of those big days...
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Current-Monitoring Circuits.
Magazine article from: Poptronics; 7/1/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...current-monitoring circuits, including one designed...easy as breaking the circuit and inserting a DC...most solid-state circuits operate at relatively...resistor that is placed in series with the DC supply...extremely important when a circuit or piece of equipment...for AC-monitoring ...
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electric circuit
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...properly, current flows, the circuit is said to be "closed...wires are disconnected, the circuit is said to be "open" or "broken." In practice, circuits are opened by such devices as switches, fuses, and circuit breakers (see fuse, electric...circuit classifications are series and ...
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Electric Circuit
Encyclopedia entry from: The Gale Encyclopedia of Science
...such as a racetrack.) Circuits may be artificial or natural. Artificial circuits consist of sources of electric...inductors; and connecting wires. Circuits often include a fuse or circuit breaker to stop the flow of...circuit in one of two ways, series or parallel. A series ...
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Integrated Circuit
Book article from: How Products Are Made
...number of components and circuits required in complex...when the integrated circuit was finally patented...number of components and circuits that could be incorporated...is the latest in this series and reflects an even...manufacturing an integrated circuit will make more sense...and the ...
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printed circuit
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...For a multilayered circuit electroplating was frequently...is commonly used. The circuit components themselves...leadless components to the circuit. Bibliography: See...Coombs, Jr., Printed Circuits Workbook Series (1990).
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circuit
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English
...performance: the alternative cabaret circuit. ∎ a series of sporting events in which the same...his first season on the professional circuit. ∎ a series of athletic exercises performed consecutively...
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