circuit
/ˈsɝ.kɪt/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: 4.47 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The act of moving or revolving around, or as in a circle or orbit; a revolution
noun
Example Sentences
- "After 27 days the moon has made one circuit among the stars, moving from west to east. But in those 27 days the sun has likewise moved eastwardly, about 27 degrees. The moon, then, has to make one circuit and a little more in order to be again in the line joining the earth and sun, in order to be again 'new.'"
- "In the future, he says, a focus on the hate circuit may open new avenues for treatment – including new drugs and psychotherapies – that target this and other specific circuits in the brain."
- "Circuit of the wall from the east to the West"
- "And this fell tempest shall not cease to rage Until the golden circuit on my head, Like to the glorious sun's transparent beams, Do calm the fury of this mad-bred flaw."
- ""Fondling," she saith, "since I have hemm'd thee here Within the circuit of this ivory pale, I'll be a park, and thou shalt be my deer: Feed where thou wilt, on mountain, or in dale; Graze on my lips; and if those hills be dry, Stray lower, where the pleasant fountains lie.""
- "A circuit wide enclosed with goodliest trees."
Etymology
From Middle English circuit, from Old French circuit, from Latin circuitus (“a going round”), from circuire (“go round”), from circum (“around”) + ire.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: circuit, circuitus
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈsɝ.kɪt/
- British English: /ˈsɜː.kɪt/
Usage
Subject
Wiktionary places this term in Sports.