circuit

Noun

• movement once around a course
  • he drove an extra lap just for insurance
    

• a racetrack for automobile races

• (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

• 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
    

• 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
    

• 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 electrical device that provides a path for electrical current to flow

Verb

• make a circuit
  • They were circuiting about the state
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  lap , circle , racing circuit , circumference , tour , electrical circuit , electric circuit