- an electrical device that provides a path for electrical current to flow
- a journey or route all the way around a particular place or area;
"they took an extended tour of Europe" "we took a quick circuit of the park" "a ten-day coach circuit of the island"
- an established itinerary of venues or events that a particular group of people travel to;
"she's a familiar name on the club circuit" "on the lecture circuit" "the judge makes a circuit of the courts in his district" "the international tennis circuit"
- the boundary line encompassing an area or object;
"he had walked the full circumference of his land" "a danger to all races over the whole circumference of the globe"
- (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
- a racetrack for automobile races
- movement once around a course;
"he drove an extra lap just for insurance"
