1. (

• circuit ,
• electrical_circuit ,
• electric_circuit

) an electrical device that provides a path for electrical current to flow ;

2. (

• tour ,
• circuit

) 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" ;

3. (

• circuit

) 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" ;

4. (

• circumference ,
• 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" ;

5. (

• circuit

) (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 ;

6. (

• racing_circuit ,
• circuit ,

) a racetrack for automobile races ;

7. (

• lap ,
• circle ,
• circuit ,

) movement once around a course; "he drove an extra lap just for insurance" ;

1. (

• circuit

) make a circuit; "They were circuiting about the state" ;