circuit
Definitions
General English
- noun a fixed or regular way of travelling from one place to another for a particular activity
- noun a path on which competitions take place
- noun a trip around something
- noun the path that electricity flows around
Aviation
- noun a complete route around which an electrical current can flow
- noun the pattern of take-off, climb-out, turn onto crosswind leg, turn onto downwind leg, turn onto base leg, turn onto final approach and landing
Cars & Driving
- noun a course forming a complete loop over which races are held
- noun a series of electrical connections forming a complete path for the current to flow through
Computing
- noun a connection between the electronic components that perform a function
- noun a physical link over which data can be transmitted
Construction
- A closed path followed by an electric current.
- A piping loop for a liquid or gas. See also channel (5.).
Electronics
- One or more conducting paths which serve to interconnect electrical elements, in order to perform a desired function such as amplification or filtering. Also known as electric circuit (1).
- One or more complete paths through which electrons may circulate. Also known as electric circuit (2).
- A medium through which information is conveyed between two or more locations. Such a circuit may be linked physically or wirelessly. Also called channel (2), communications circuit, communications channel, or communications line.
- abbreviationckt
- synonymcommunications channel
- synonymchannel
- synonymcommunications line
Law
- noun one of six divisions of England and Wales for legal purposes
Theater
- A group of theaters regularly visited in turn by touring companies.Such circuits grew up in the early 18th century when most provincialtowns could not support a permanent theater. Each company developedits own circuit of towns easily reached from their home base. Thecircuits were known by the names of their counties or major cities,such as Aberdeen, Manchester, Newcastle, and Suffolk.
The circuit system served as a training ground for actorsand developed many outstanding provincial managers. Tate Wilkinson(1739 - 1803) managed a company for 30 years on the York circuit(which included Hull and Leeds); his autobiography was titled TheWandering Patentee (1795). The company run by Sarah Bakervirtually made the Kent circuit its own in the late 18th century,to the extent that Baker built a theater at each of the 10 stops ofher troupe.
vaudeville circuits developed in America in the late19th century, taking the names of the conglomerates that had theatermonopolies; these included the Orpheum circuit from Chicago to Californiaand the Keith-Albee circuit in the eastern and midwestern states.
Marketing
- noun a means of passing messages from one individual or organisation to another
