circuit

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Noun

1. The act of moving or revolving around, or as in a circle or orbit; a revolution
2. The circumference of, or distance around, any space; the measure of a line around an area.
3. That which encircles anything, as a ring or crown.
4. The space enclosed within a circle, or within limits.
5. Enclosed path of an electric current, usually designed for a certain function.
6. A regular or appointed trip from place to place as part of one's job
7. The jurisdiction of certain judges within a state or country, whether itinerant or not.
8. Abbreviation of circuit court.
9. The basic grouping of local Methodist churches.
10. A set of theaters among which the same acts circulate; especially common in the heyday of vaudeville.
11. A track on which a race is held; a racetrack
12. circumlocution
13. A thought that unconsciously goes round and round in a person's mind and controls that person.
14. A closed trail.
15. A chain of cinemas/movie theaters.
16. A single completion of all of the exercises in a circuit training regime.

Verb

1. To move in a circle; to go round; to circulate.
2. To travel around.
   • Having circuited the air.

Noun

1. Various administrative divisions of imperial and early Republican China, including: The counties at the fringes of the empire, usually with a non-Chinese population, from the Han to the Western Jin. The 10 or so major provinces of the empire from the Tang to the early Yuan. Major provincial divisions from the Yuan to early Republican China.
2. The counties at the fringes of the empire, usually with a non-Chinese population, from the Han to the Western Jin.
3. The 10 or so major provinces of the empire from the Tang to the early Yuan.
4. Major provincial divisions from the Yuan to early Republican China.

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