circuit

I. noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French & Latin; Middle French circuite, from Latin circuitus, from circumire, circuire to go around, from circum- + ire to go — more at issue Date: 14th century 1. a. a usually circular line encompassing an area b. the space enclosed within such a line 2. a. a course around a periphery b. a circuitous or indirect route 3. a. a regular tour (as by a traveling judge or preacher) around an assigned district or territory b. the route traveled c. a group of church congregations ministered to by one pastor 4. a. the complete path of an electric current including usually the source of electric energy b. an assemblage of electronic elements ; hookup c. a two-way communication path between points (as in a computer) d. a neuronal pathway of the brain along which electrical and chemical signals travel 5. a. an association of similar groups ; league b. a number or series of public outlets (as theaters, radio shows, or arenas) offering the same kind of presentation c. a number of similar social gatherings <

the cocktail circuit

> • circuital adjective II. verb Date: 15th century transitive verb to make a circuit about intransitive verb to make a circuit