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Antonyms for circuit
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : sur-kit |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈsɜr kɪt |
Definition of circuit
Origin :- late 14c., "a going around; a line going around," from Old French circuit (14c.) "a circuit; a journey (around something)," from Latin circuitus "a going around," from stem of circuire, circumire "go around," from circum "round" (see circum-) + ire "to go" (see ion). Electrical sense is from 1746. Of judicial assignments, from 1570s; of venues for itinerant entertainers, from 1834. Circuit breaker is recorded from 1874. Related: Circuital.
- noun revolution, track, boundary
- This to some extent impairs the conductivity of the circuit.
- Extract from : « Scientific American Supplement, No. 433, April 19, 1884 » by Various
- To indicate the effect, he included a galvanometer in the circuit of the battery and the button.
- Extract from : « Heroes of the Telegraph » by J. Munro
- It had required Sam's reference to gas and crude oil to close the circuit.
- Extract from : « The Fortune Hunter » by Louis Joseph Vance
- He should have kept upon this circuit; he'd have been very useful to me.
- Extract from : « The Life And Adventures Of Nicholas Nickleby » by Charles Dickens
- Hale wrote his ‘Contemplations’ while travelling on circuit.
- Extract from : « Self-Help » by Samuel Smiles
- I shall speak again of the former in my return from this circuit.
- Extract from : « Tour through the Eastern Counties of England, 1722 » by Daniel Defoe
- For that purpose I have here a light spiral which is in circuit with this telephone.
- Extract from : « Scientific American Supplement, No. 417 » by Various
- And De Boer had laughed and interposed his voice in our circuit.
- Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science, November, 1930 » by Various
- The summer's-day circuit of the Seven Hills seems all your own.
- Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 364, February 1846 » by Various
- It is composed of diamonds; in circuit it is a hundred paces or so.
- Extract from : « Storyology » by Benjamin Taylor
Synonyms for circuit
- ambit
- area
- bounds
- circle
- circling
- circulation
- circumference
- circumnavigation
- circumscription
- circumvolution
- compass
- course
- cycle
- district
- gyration
- gyre
- journey
- lap
- limit
- line
- orbit
- perambulation
- perimeter
- periphery
- range
- region
- round
- route
- tour
- tract
- turn
- turning
- twirl
- way
- wheel
- whirl
- wind
- winding
- zone
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