1 a line, route, or journey around a place:
The race ended with eight laps of a city centre circuit. * The earth takes a year to make a circuit of (= go around) the sun.
2 the complete path of wires and equipment along which an electric current flows:
an electrical circuit * a circuit diagram (= one showing all the connections in the different parts of the circuit)
seealsoINTEGRATEDCIRCUIT, PRINTEDCIRCUIT, SHORTCIRCUIT
3 (in sport) a series of games or matches in which the same players regularly take part:
the women's tennis circuit
4 a track for cars or motorcycles to race around
5 a series of places or events of a particular kind at which the same people appear or take part:
the lecture / cabaret circuit
seealsoCLOSED-CIRCUITTELEVISION
6 a regular journey made by a judge to hear court cases in each of the courts of law in a particular area:
a circuit judge
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Is circuit a noun, verb, or something else?
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