Definition of "circuit" in inglés

noun

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. (law) Abbreviation of circuit court.

9. (Methodism) The basic grouping of local Methodist churches.

10. (theater) A set of theaters among which the same acts circulate; especially common in the heyday of vaudeville.

11. (motor racing) A track on which a race in held; a racetrack

    • Interlagos is the 24th track Hamilton has won at in F1, which is more than any other driver in history. The only circuit on the current calendar that Hamilton hasn’t won at is Baku, which only joined the schedule this year.

12. (obsolete) circumlocution

13. (Scientology) A thought that unconsciously goes round and round in a person's mind and controls that person.

14. (graph theory) A closed trail.

15. A chain of cinemas/movie theaters.

16. A single completion of all of the exercises in a circuit training regime.

verb

1. (intransitive, obsolete) To move in a circle; to go round; to circulate.

2. (transitive, obsolete) To travel around.

   • Having circuited the air.

noun

1. (historical) Various administrative divisions of imperial and early Republican China, including: