Tra từ circuit - Từ điển WordNet v3.1

I - noun

1. an electrical device that provides a path for electrical current to flow (Freq. 4)
• Syn:
electrical circuit, electric circuit
• Hypernyms:
electrical device
• Hyponyms:
bridge, bridge circuit, bridged-T, closed circuit, loop,
computer circuit, delay line, feedback circuit, feedback loop, flip-flop, limiter,
clipper, link, data link, open circuit, pulse timing circuit, resonator,
resonant circuit, series circuit, squelch circuit, squelch, squelcher, tank circuit,
T-network, wiring
• Part Holonyms:
electronic equipment
• Part Meronyms:
capacitor, capacitance, condenser, electrical condenser, choke,
choke coil, choking coil, relay, electrical relay, resistor, resistance,
short circuit, short, shunt, electrical shunt, bypass, tube,
vacuum tube, thermionic vacuum tube, thermionic tube, electron tube, thermionic valve
2. a journey or route all the way around a particular place or area (Freq. 3)
- they took an extended tour of Europe
- we took a quick circuit of the park
- a ten-day coach circuit of the island
• Syn:
tour
• Derivationally related forms:
tourist (for: tour), tour (for: tour)
• Hypernyms:
journey, journeying
• Hyponyms:
walkabout, grand tour, itineration, package tour, package holiday,
pub crawl, whistle-stop tour
3. 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
• Hypernyms:
path, route, itinerary
4. 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
• Syn:
circumference
• Derivationally related forms:
circumferential (for: circumference), circumferent (for: circumference)
• Hypernyms:
boundary line, border, borderline, delimitation, mete
5. (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
• Topics:
law, jurisprudence
• Hypernyms:
group, grouping
6. a racetrack for automobile races
• Syn:
racing circuit
• Regions:
United Kingdom, UK, U.K., Britain, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Great Britain
• Hypernyms:
racetrack, racecourse, raceway, track
7. movement once around a course
- he drove an extra lap just for insurance
• Syn:
lap, circle
• Derivationally related forms:
circular (for: circle), circulate (for: circle), circle (for: circle)
• Hypernyms:
locomotion, travel
• Hyponyms:
pace lap, victory lap, lap of honour

II - verb

make a circuit
- They were circuiting about the state
• Hypernyms:
travel, go, move, locomote
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
- Somebody ----s PP