Definition of circuit:

• the apparent diurnal revolution of the sun round the earth ( Psalms 19:6 ), and the changes of the wind ( Eccl 1:6 ). In Job 22:14 , " in the circuit of heaven" ( RSV marg., " on the vault of heaven") means the " arch of heaven," which seems to be bent over our heads.
• To travel around.
• To move in a circle; to go round; to circulate.
• make a circuit; " They were circuiting about the state"
• a racetrack for automobile races
• The path or course of an electric current.
• To move in a circle; to go round.
• movement once around a course; " he drove an extra lap just for insurance"
• 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"
• ( 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
• 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 act of moving or revolving around, or as in a circle or orbit; a revolution; as, the periodical circuit of the earth round the sun.
• The circumference of, or distance round, any space; the measure of a line round an area.
• That which encircles anything, as a ring or crown.
• A regular or appointed journeying from place to place in the exercise of one's calling, as of a judge, or a preacher.
• A district in which an itinerant preacher labors.
• The act of going round anything; the arrangement by which an electrical current is kept up between the two poles of a battery or machine; the path of the electric current; circumference; compass; a route over which one passes regularly at intervals; a district, within certain boundaries, as that assigned to a judge.
• Round travelled over; surrounding region.
• A passing or traveling round; distance around; district traveled over.
• The entire course of an electric current.
• The act of moving or passing round; way round about; the space enclosed in a circle, or within certain limits; that which encircles, or the boundary; the periodical visitation of a judge or judges for holding assizes; the district in which they administer justice.
• The act of moving or passing round; the space enclosed by a circle; a ring; the journey of the judges in holding courts in different parts of a country.

Usage examples for circuit

1. Making a short circuit he ran at last, still stooping as he ran.  The Short Cut by Jackson Gregory

2. Philip said, " What about the Circuit Riders?  Kildares of Storm by Eleanor Mercein Kelly

3. A noble figure told the unity of their land within the circuit of the ocean.  Irish Nationality by Alice Stopford Green

4. I find that there are also other great sums relative to the expenses of the Committee of Circuit, which he was upon.  The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. X. (of 12) by Edmund Burke