1. A closed, usually circular line that goes around an object or area.
2. the region enclosed by such a line. see synonyms at circumference.
3. A path or route the complete traversal of which without local change of direction requires returning to the starting point.
4. the act of following such a path or route.
5. A journey made on such a path or route.
6. electronics A closed path followed or capable of being followed by an electric current.
7. electronics A configuration of electrically or electromagnetically connected components or devices.
8. A regular or accustomed course from place to place; a round: a salesperson on the Detroit-Minneapolis-chicago circuit; a popular speaker on the lecture circuit.
9. the area or district thus covered, especially a territory under the jurisdiction of a judge in which periodic court sessions are held.
10. an association of theaters in which plays, acts, or films move from theater to theater for presentation.
11. A group of nightclubs, show halls, or resorts at which entertainers appear in turn.
12. an association of teams or clubs.
13. A series of competitions held in different places.
14. to make a circuit or circuit of.

1. the act of moving or revolving around, or as in a circle or orbit; a revolution; as, the periodical circuit of the earth around the sun.
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. enclosed path of an electric current, usually designed for a certain function.
6. A regular or appointed journeying from place to place in the exercise of one's calling, as of a judge, or a preacher.
7. A certain division of a state or country, established by law for a judge or judges to visit, for the administration of justice.
8. A district in which an itinerant preacher labors.
9. by analogy to the proceeding three, a set of theaters among which the same acts circulate; especially common in the heyday of vaudeville.
10. circumlocution
11. to move in a circle; to go round; to circulate.
12. to travel around.

1. the act of moving or revolving around, or as in a circle or orbit; a revolution.
2. the circumference of, or distance round, any space; the measure of a line round an area.
3. that which encircles anything, as a ring or crown.
4. the space inclosed within a circle, or within limits.
5. A regular or appointed journeying from place to place in the exercise of one's calling, as of a judge, or a preacher.
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7. A certain division of a state or country, established by law for a judge or judges to visit, for the administration of justice.
8. A district in which an itinerant preacher labors.
9. circumlocution.
10. to move in a circle; to go round; to circulate.
11. to travel around.

1. to revolve about or go around in.
2. to move in a circle or circuit; go around.
3. the act of moving or passing around; a circular movement, progress, or journey; a revolution.
4. A boundary-line encompassing any object; the distance round any space, whether circular or of other form; circumference; limit; compass.
5. that which encircles; a ring or circlet.
6. the space inclosed in a circle or within certain limits.
7. the journey of a judge or other person from one place to another for the purpose of holding court or performing other stated duties.
8. the district or territory in which any business involving periodical journeys from place to place is carried on; the places visited.
9. specifically the district or portion of country in which the same judge or judges hold courts for the trial of questions of fact.
10. hence A circuit court (see below).
11. in the meth. ch., the district assigned to an itinerant preacher.
12. A number of theaters controlled by one manager.
13. the name given by foreigners in china to a subdivision of a province, containing two or more fû or prefectures, under the control of an official styled a tao-tai.
14. the arrangement by which a current of electricity is kept up between the two poles of an electrical machine or of a voltaic battery; the path of an electric current.
15. A roundabout argument or statement; circumlocution.
16. in logic, the extension of a term. see extension.
17. in mathematics, a closed path on a surface.
18. in the meth. ch., to go the rounds of a circuit as an itinerant preacher.

1. a journey or route all the way around a particular place or area
2. an established itinerary of venues or events that a particular group of people travel to
3. the boundary line encompassing an area or object
4. (law) a judicial division of a state or the united states (so-called because originally judges traveled and held court in different locations); one of the twelve groups of states in the united states that is covered by a particular circuit court of appeals
5. an electrical device that provides a path for electrical current to flow
6. a racetrack for automobile races
7. make a circuit
8. movement once around a course