Circuit Definition–noun | 1. | an act or instance of going or moving around. | | 2. | a circular journey or one beginning and ending at the same place; a round. | <
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td class="dnindex">3. | a roundabout journey or course. | | 4. | a periodical journey from place to place, to perform certain duties, as by judges to hold court, ministers to preach, or salespeople covering a route. | | 5. | the persons making such a journey. | | 6. | the route followed, places visited, or district covered by such a journey. | | 7. | the line going around or bounding any area or object; the distance about an area or object. | | 8. | the space within a bounding line; district: the circuit of the valley. | | 9. | Electricity. | a. | Also called electric circuit. the complete path of an electric current, including the generating apparatus, intervening resistors, or capacitors. | | b. | any well-defined segment of a complete circuit. | | | 10. | Telecommunications. a means of transmitting communication signals or messages, usually comprising two channels for interactive communication. Compare channel 1 (def. 12). | | 11. | a number of theaters, nightclubs, etc., controlled by the same owner or manager or visited in turn by the same entertainers or acting companies. | | 12. | a league or association: He used to play baseball for the Texas circuit. | –verb (used with object) | 13. | to go or move around; make the circuit of. | –verb (used without object) | 14. | to go or move in a circuit. | —Idiom | 15. | ride circuit, Law. (of a judge) to travel a judicial county or district in order to conduct judicial proceedings. | |
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City Definition–noun, plural cit⋅ies. | 1. | a large or important town. | | 2. | (in the U.S.) an incorporated municipality, usually governed by a mayor and a board of aldermen or councilmen. | | 3. | the inhabitants of a city collectively: The entire city is mourning his death. | | 4. | (in Canada) a municipality of high rank, usually based on population. | | 5. | (in Great Britain) a borough, usually the seat of a bishop, upon which the dignity of the title has been conferred by the crown. | | 6. | the City, | a. | the major metropolitan center of a region; downtown: I'm going to the City to buy clothes and see a show. | | b. | the commercial and financial area of London, England. | | | 8. | (often initial capital letter ) Slang. a place, person, or situation having certain features or characteristics (used in combination): The party last night was Action City. That guy is dull city. | |
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